Truth About JANA GANA MANA....read it..carefully

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Please read carefully and pass it on.....

Facts about "Jana Gana Mana" - Just a thought for the National Anthem!
How well do you know about it?

I have always wondered who is the "adhinayak" and "bharat bhagya
vidhata", whose praise we are singing. I thought might be Motherland India! Our
current National Anthem "Jana Gana Mana" is sung throughout the
country.

Did you know the following about our national anthem, I didn't.

To begin with, India's national anthem, Jana Gana Mana Adhinayaka, was
written by Rabindranath Tagore in honor of King George V and the Queen
of England when they visited India in 1919. To honor their visit Pandit
Motilal Nehru had the five stanzas included, which are in praise of the King
and Queen. (And most of us think it is in the praise of our great
motherland!!!)

In the original Bengali verses only those provinces that were under
British rule, i.e. Punjab, Sindh, Gujarat, Maratha etc. were mentioned. None
of the princely states were recognized which are integral parts of India now
Kashmir, Rajasthan, Andhra, Mysore or Kerala. Neither the Indian Ocean
nor the Arabian Sea was included, since they were directly under
Portuguese rule at that time. The Jana Gana Mana Adhinayaka implies that King George V
is the lord of the masses and Bharata Bhagya Vidhata is "the bestower of
good fortune". Following is a translation of the five stanzas that glorify the King:

First stanza: (Indian) People wake up remembering your good name and
ask for your blessings and they sing your glories. (Tava shubha naame
jaage;tava shubha aashish maage, gaaye tava jaya gaatha)

Second stanza: Around your throne people of all religions come and
give their love and anxiously wait to hear your kind words.

Third stanza: Praise to the King for being the charioteer, for leading
the ancient travelers beyond misery.

Fourth stanza: Drowned in the deep ignorance and suffering, poverty-stricken, unconscious country? Waiting for the wink of your
eye and your mother's (the Queen's) true protection.

Fifth stanza: In your compassionate plans, the sleeping Bharat (India) will wake up. We bow down to your feet O' Queen, and glory to
Rajeshwara (the King).

This whole poem does not indicate any love for the Motherland but depicts a bleak picture. When you sing Jana Gana Mana Adhinayaka, whom are you glorifying? Certainly not the Motherland. Is it God? The poem does not
indicate that.It is time now to understand the original purpose and the implication of this, rather than blindly sing as has
been done the past fifty years. Nehru chose the present national anthem as opposed to Vande Mataram because he thought that it would be easier for the band to play!!! It was an absurd reason but Today for that matter bands have advanced and they can very well play any music. So they can as well play Vande Mataram, which is a far better composition in praise of our dear
Motherland -India.Wake up, it's high time! Shouldn't Vande Mataram be our National Anthem.
 

MAXDROIT

Par 100 posts (V.I.P)
WELL I DONT KNOW ALL THE FACTS. BUT I THNK IT IS BEEN MISINTERPRETED. AND WHTEVER BE THE REASON I SING NATIONAL ATHEM FOR MY COUNTRY WITH TRUE LOVE SO IT DOESNT MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE TO ME AS FAR AS I AM CONCERNED
 

Utkrisht

New member
Rabindra Nath Tagore did not sing the song Jana Gana Mana in praise for King George V.The confusion arose in British Indian press since a different song, "Badshah Humara" written in Hindi by Rambhuj Chaudhary. The song was first sung in a session of the Congress in 1911. This session had decided to felicitate George V since he had announced the abrogation of the partition of Bengal, thereby conceding the success of the Swadeshi agitation, the first modern anti-colonial movement that had started in 1905.
Even Tagore said
"I should only insult myself if I cared to answer those who consider me capable of such unbounded stupidity as to sing in praise of George the Fourth or George the Fifth as the Eternal Charioteer leading the pilgrims on their journey through countless ages of the timeless history of mankind."
 
The above mention song was written , for George and that's completely true. There was a lot of discussions happened to decide national anthem between, Jana Gana Mana Adhinayak Jaya hai and Vande mataram . I truely feel that vande mataram should be our National anthem. Who all think the same?
 
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