old hindi songs lyrics in english translation

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The entire song was not selected by Hindu leaders in order to respect the sentiments of non-Hindus, and the gathering agreed that anyone should be free to sing an alternate 'unobjectionable song' at a national gathering if they do not want to sing Vande Mataram because they find it 'objectionable' for a personal reason. Parts of the Vande Mataram was chosen as the national song in 1937 by the Indian National Congress as it pursued independence of India from the British colonial rule, after a committee consisting of Maulana Azad, Jawaharlal Nehru, Subhash Bose, Acharya Deva and Rabrindanath Tagore recommended the adoption. There is no time limit or circumstantial specification for the rendition of this song unlike the national anthem 'Jana Gana Mana' that specifies 52 seconds. The first two verses of the song are an abstract reference to mother and motherland, they do not mention any Hindu deity by name, unlike later verses that do mention goddesses such as Durga. However the Constitution of India does not have any mention of 'national song'. On the occasion, the first President of India, Rajendra Prasad stated that the song should be honoured equally with the national anthem of India, 'Jana Gana Mana'. On 24 January 1950, the Constituent Assembly of India has adopted 'Vande Mataram' as national song. The song and the novel containing it was banned by the British government, but workers and general public defied the ban, many went to colonial prisons repeatedly for singing it, and the ban was overturned by the Indians after they gained independence from the colonial rule. Spiritual Indian nationalist and philosopher Sri Aurobindo referred it as 'National Anthem of Bengal'. It became a popular marching song for political activism and Indian freedom movement in 1905. It played a vital role in the Indian independence movement, first sung in a political context by Rabindranath Tagore at the 1896 session of the Indian National Congress. The 'mother goddess' in later verses of the song has been interpreted as the motherland of the people –– Banga Mata (Mother Bengal)and Bharat Mata (Mother India), though the text does not mention this explicitly. The title 'Vande Mataram' means 'I bow to thee, Mother' or 'I bow to thee, Mother'. With her hands that strike and her swords of sheen,Īn ode to the Motherland, it was written in Bengali script in the novel Anandmath. With many strengths who art mighty and stored, When the swords flash out in seventy million hands Mother, I praise thee!Rich with thy hurrying streams,

Old hindi songs lyrics in english translation