New Delhi: The Center has decided to remove one of Mahatma Gandhi’s favorite hymns.support me“Since this year Beating Retreat The ceremony would be appropriate in view of the playing of more Indian tunes.Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav‘, which celebrates the 75th year of India’s independence, government sources said on Sunday.
“Abide with Me”, written in 1847 by Scottish Anglican poet and hymnologist Henry Francis Lyte, had been part of the Beating Retreat ceremony from 1950. The Indian Army on Saturday announced that it has been removed from this year’s ceremony.
Sources said that the Center wants to include maximum number of Indian tunes and as a result, it was decided that only Indian-origin tunes will be played in the celebrations to be held on January 29 this year.
The Center had planned to remove “Abide With Me” from the ceremony in 2020 as well, but later retained it after an uproar.
For this year’s celebrations, the hymn has been replaced by the popular patriotic song “Aye Mere Watan Ke Logan”, written by Kavi Pradeep to celebrate the supreme sacrifice made by Indian soldiers during the 1962 Sino-Indian War. .
“Ae Mere Watan Ke Logo” is an Indian tune and pays respect to all those who laid down their lives for the security and integrity of the nation, the sources mentioned.
The move to remove the hymn from this year’s celebrations came days after the Center decided to merge the Amar Jawan Jyoti flame at India Gate with the eternal flame of the National War Memorial (NWM). The merger took place during a brief ceremony on Friday.
While some military officials defended the decision to mix the flame, several opposition parties, including the Congress, accused the BJP-ruled Center of “deleting history”.
Additionally, the Congress on Saturday attacked the government over the removal of ‘Abide With Me’ from this year’s Beating Retreat ceremony, alleging it was another attempt to erase his legacy.
Government sources said on Sunday that the iconic tune and song for “Ae Mere Watan Ke Logan” has a far wider connect with the people of India.
He noted that “Abide with Me” is contextually far more appropriate to celebrate the valor and valor of India’s armed forces with “Aye Mere Watan Ke Logan” than the hymn.
He mentioned that it is an ongoing practice to phase out the tunes of the colonial past and incorporate melodies that have a wider and deeper connect with the people of India.
He said, “Abide with me” is a popular military anthem, but few people understand its lyrics.
He said, “Ae Mere Watan Ke Logan” is a famous song with a wide universal appeal and it evokes a sense of sacrifice and respect for those who have made the supreme sacrifice for India in the last 75 years.
That is why in the 75th year of our independence, as we celebrate the “Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav”, the Center is making this change in the closing performance of Beating Retreat 2022, he said.
The brochure released by the Indian Army on Saturday lists 26 tunes that will be played at this year’s celebrations. Vijay Chowk,
The 26 tunes that will be played at this year’s festival are ‘Hey Kancha’, ‘Channa Bilauri’, ‘Jai Janam Bhoomi’, ‘Nritya Sarita’, ‘Vijay Josh’, ‘Kesariya Banna’, ‘Veer Siachen’, ‘Hathroi’. Are included. ,Vijay Ghosh‘, ‘Ladaakoo’, ‘Swadeshi’, ‘Amar Chattan’, ‘Golden Arrows’ and ‘Swarn Jayanti’, according to the brochure.
‘Veer Sainik’, ‘Buggler’s Fanfare’, ‘INS India’, ‘Successful’, ‘Jai Bharti’, ‘Kerala’, ‘Siki A Mole’, ‘Hind Ki Sena’, ‘Step Step Up’, ‘Drummer’ The ‘call’ brochure mentions that apart from ‘Ae Mere Watan Ke Logan’, the tunes to be played on the evening of 29 January are also part of it.
44 buglers, 16 trumpets and 75 drummers will participate in the ceremony.
The Beating Retreat is an age-old military tradition dating back to the days when soldiers broke away from battle at sunset, it said.
As soon as the buglers called for a retreat, the soldiers stopped fighting, put down their weapons and withdrew from the battlefield.
The Beating Retreat marks the end of the nearly week-long celebration of Republic Day, which began on January 24. But this year, the celebrations will begin on January 23, the birth anniversary of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose.
Ahead of Bose’s 125th birth anniversary, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday announced that a grand statue of the iconic freedom fighter would be installed at India Gate as a symbol of India’s “debt”.
His hologram statue would be present at the same place till the time the statue made of granite is completed, he said, adding that he would unveil the hologram statue on Sunday.
“Abide with Me”, written in 1847 by Scottish Anglican poet and hymnologist Henry Francis Lyte, had been part of the Beating Retreat ceremony from 1950. The Indian Army on Saturday announced that it has been removed from this year’s ceremony.
Sources said that the Center wants to include maximum number of Indian tunes and as a result, it was decided that only Indian-origin tunes will be played in the celebrations to be held on January 29 this year.
The Center had planned to remove “Abide With Me” from the ceremony in 2020 as well, but later retained it after an uproar.
For this year’s celebrations, the hymn has been replaced by the popular patriotic song “Aye Mere Watan Ke Logan”, written by Kavi Pradeep to celebrate the supreme sacrifice made by Indian soldiers during the 1962 Sino-Indian War. .
“Ae Mere Watan Ke Logo” is an Indian tune and pays respect to all those who laid down their lives for the security and integrity of the nation, the sources mentioned.
The move to remove the hymn from this year’s celebrations came days after the Center decided to merge the Amar Jawan Jyoti flame at India Gate with the eternal flame of the National War Memorial (NWM). The merger took place during a brief ceremony on Friday.
While some military officials defended the decision to mix the flame, several opposition parties, including the Congress, accused the BJP-ruled Center of “deleting history”.
Additionally, the Congress on Saturday attacked the government over the removal of ‘Abide With Me’ from this year’s Beating Retreat ceremony, alleging it was another attempt to erase his legacy.
Government sources said on Sunday that the iconic tune and song for “Ae Mere Watan Ke Logan” has a far wider connect with the people of India.
He noted that “Abide with Me” is contextually far more appropriate to celebrate the valor and valor of India’s armed forces with “Aye Mere Watan Ke Logan” than the hymn.
He mentioned that it is an ongoing practice to phase out the tunes of the colonial past and incorporate melodies that have a wider and deeper connect with the people of India.
He said, “Abide with me” is a popular military anthem, but few people understand its lyrics.
He said, “Ae Mere Watan Ke Logan” is a famous song with a wide universal appeal and it evokes a sense of sacrifice and respect for those who have made the supreme sacrifice for India in the last 75 years.
That is why in the 75th year of our independence, as we celebrate the “Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav”, the Center is making this change in the closing performance of Beating Retreat 2022, he said.
The brochure released by the Indian Army on Saturday lists 26 tunes that will be played at this year’s celebrations. Vijay Chowk,
The 26 tunes that will be played at this year’s festival are ‘Hey Kancha’, ‘Channa Bilauri’, ‘Jai Janam Bhoomi’, ‘Nritya Sarita’, ‘Vijay Josh’, ‘Kesariya Banna’, ‘Veer Siachen’, ‘Hathroi’. Are included. ,Vijay Ghosh‘, ‘Ladaakoo’, ‘Swadeshi’, ‘Amar Chattan’, ‘Golden Arrows’ and ‘Swarn Jayanti’, according to the brochure.
‘Veer Sainik’, ‘Buggler’s Fanfare’, ‘INS India’, ‘Successful’, ‘Jai Bharti’, ‘Kerala’, ‘Siki A Mole’, ‘Hind Ki Sena’, ‘Step Step Up’, ‘Drummer’ The ‘call’ brochure mentions that apart from ‘Ae Mere Watan Ke Logan’, the tunes to be played on the evening of 29 January are also part of it.
44 buglers, 16 trumpets and 75 drummers will participate in the ceremony.
The Beating Retreat is an age-old military tradition dating back to the days when soldiers broke away from battle at sunset, it said.
As soon as the buglers called for a retreat, the soldiers stopped fighting, put down their weapons and withdrew from the battlefield.
The Beating Retreat marks the end of the nearly week-long celebration of Republic Day, which began on January 24. But this year, the celebrations will begin on January 23, the birth anniversary of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose.
Ahead of Bose’s 125th birth anniversary, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday announced that a grand statue of the iconic freedom fighter would be installed at India Gate as a symbol of India’s “debt”.
His hologram statue would be present at the same place till the time the statue made of granite is completed, he said, adding that he would unveil the hologram statue on Sunday.
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