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O Amar Desher Mati

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"O Amar Desher Mati"
Song by Rabindranath Tagore
LanguageBengali
Written1905
GenreRabindra Sangeet
Songwriter(s)Rabindranath Tagore
Composer(s)Rabindranath Tagore

"O Amar Desher Mati" (Bengali: ও আমার দেশের মাটি) is a Bengali patriotic song written by Rabindranath Tagore.[1][2] It was written against the Partition of Bengal in 1905.[1][3][4][5][2] Indira Debi Chowdhurani provided the notation of the song.[1] This song belongs to the "Shawdesh" (patriotic) group of Rabindra Sangeet. It was composed in Pilu-Baul Raga and Dadra Taal.[6]

Legacy

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Old man with beard sitting in a chair in long coat
Rabindranath Tagore, writer of the song.

Bengali revolutionary Krishnagopal Chowdhury sang this song on his way to death sentence given by the British Raj on charges of sedition in 1934.[7] The song inspired the Bengali fighters during the Liberation War of Bangladesh.[8] The song was used in the Bengali film Ora Egaro Jon directed by Chashi Nazrul Islam.

Synopsis

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The song recounts the narrative of the motherland's role as a nurturing entity towards her people, as well as the lamentable realization of their failure to reciprocate in kind.

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Song o amar desher mati | Lyric and History". www.geetabitan.com. Retrieved 2020-04-18.
  2. ^ a b "রবীন্দ্রনাথের সঙ্গীত ও কবিতায় স্বদেশপ্রেম". www.bhorerkagoj.com (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 2019-09-13. Retrieved 2020-05-12.
  3. ^ Sen, Krishna (2017). "1910 and the Evolution of Rabindranath Tagore's Vernacular Nationalism". In Tuteja, K. L.; Chakraborty, Kaustav (eds.). Tagore and Nationalism. Springer. p. 42. ISBN 9788132236962.
  4. ^ Sengupta, Tapati; Roy, Shreela (2007). Contesting Colonialism: Partition and Swadeshi Re-visited. Macmillan India. p. 69. ISBN 9781403931986. Retrieved May 6, 2020 – via Google Books.
  5. ^ Silva, Neluka (April 14, 2004). The Gendered Nation: Contemporary Writings from South Asia. SAGE Publications India. p. 139. ISBN 9788132103172. Retrieved May 6, 2020 – via Google Books.
  6. ^ "Rabindranath Tagore - Songs - স্বদেশ - ও আমার দেশের (o amar desher mati)". www.tagoreweb.in. Retrieved 2023-03-10.
  7. ^ জনকণ্ঠ, দৈনিক. "বিপ্লবীর রিভলবার". দৈনিক জনকণ্ঠ || Daily Janakantha. Retrieved 2023-03-10.
  8. ^ Ahsan, Syed Badrul (2013-12-01). "1971 and the songs we sang". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2023-03-10.
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