Shyam Lal Gupta

Shyam Lal Gupta
Born 9 September 1896
Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
Died 10 August 1977
India
Occupation Poet
Known for Indian flag song
Parent(s) Visheshwar Prasad
Kaushalya Devi
Awards Padma Shri

Shyam Lal Gupta, popularly known as Shyam Lal Gupta Parshad, (1896-1977) was an Indian poet and lyricist.[1] A song[2] written by him which featured in the 1948 film, Azadi Ki Raah Par,[3] (sung by Sarojini Naidu), has been accepted as the flag song of India and is sung[4] every year during the flag hoisting ceremony at the Independence Day and Republic Day celebrations.[5][6] A winner of the fourth highest civilian award of Padma Shri in 1969,[7] he was honoured again by the Government of India in 1997 when a postage stamp was issued in his honour.[8]

Biography

Shyam Lal Gupta was born on 9 September 1896 in Dosar Vaishya community to Visheshwar Prasad and Kaushalya Devi as their youngest son[6] at General Ganj area in Kanpur in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.[5] Refusing to join the family business, he took up teaching as a career and worked at various government schools in Kanpur, participating the Indian freedom struggle simultaneously.[6] His chance meeting with Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi at one of the conventions of the Indian National Congress brought him the charge of the freedom campaigns of Fatehpur town.[6] He was arrested by the British in 1921 and on release from jail, he started working underground.[6] He was arrested again twice, in 1930 and 1944 and was sent to jail on both occasions.[6] Gupta held the post of the president of the Fatehpur district congress committee for 19 years.[6] He was known to have avoided using footwear and umbrellas till Indian independence, following a personal vow.[6] He died on 10 August 1977, at the age of 81.[6]

As an honour, Gupta was selected to sing the flag song on 15 August 1952 during the Independence Day celebrations.[6] During the Republic Day celebrations in 1972, Gupta was feliciated by the then prime minister, Indira Gandhi with a scroll of honour.[6] The Government of India awarded him the civilian honour of Padma Shri in 1969. Two decades after his death, on 4 March 1997, Shankar Dayal Sharma, then president of India, released a postage stamp in his honour.[8]

Flag song

The song was originally written by Gupta in March 1924 as a patriotic poem and was released by Khanna Press in Kanpur, selling over 5000 copies.[5] The Indian National Congress adopted the song as the official flag song in 1924 and it was first sung at the Jallianwala Bagh Martyrs' Day on 13 April 1924 at Phool Bagh in Kanpur, a function attended by Jawaharlal Nehru.[5] In 1938, Sarojini Naidu presented the song at the Haripura Session of the Indian National Congress in the presence of freedom leaders such as Mahatma Gandhi, Motilal Nehru, Jawaharlal Nehru, Dr Rajendra Prasad, Govind Vallabh Pant, Jamnalal Bajaj, Mahadev Desai and Purushottam Das Tandon.[6] A decade later, the song was featured in the film, Azadi ki Raah Par, released in 1948.[3] The film was directed by Lalit Chandra Mehta[9] and had Prithviraj Kapoor and Vanamala Pawar[10] in the lead roles.[11] The song, composed by Shekhar Kalyan and sung by Sarojini Naidu,[2] is reported to have instilled a sense of patriotism among Indians during the pre-independence period.[6]

The song in Hindi Unicode[12]

विजयी विश्व तिरंगा प्यारा, झण्डा ऊँचा रहे हमारा।

सदा शक्ति बरसाने वाला, प्रेम सुधा सरसाने वाला। वीरों को हर्षाने वाला, मातृ भूमि का तन मन सारा।। झण्डा ऊँचा रहे हमारा ...

स्वतंत्रता के भीषण रण में, रख कर जोश बढ़े क्षण-क्षण में। काँपे शत्रु देखकर मन में, मिट जाये भय संकट सारा।। झण्डा ऊँचा रहे हमारा ...

इस झँडे के नीचे निर्भय, हो स्वराज जनता का निश्चय। बोलो भारत माता की जय, स्वतंत्रता ही ध्येय हमारा।। झण्डा ऊँचा रहे हमारा ...

आओ प्यारे वीरों आओ, देश धर्म पर बलि-बलि जाओ। एक साथ सब मिल कर गाओ, प्यारा भारत देश हमारा।। झण्डा ऊँचा रहे हमारा ...

शान न इसकी जाने पाये, चाहे जान भले ही जाये। विश्व विजयी कर के दिखलाएं, तब हो ये प्रण पूर्ण हमारा।। झण्डा ऊँचा रहे हमारा ...

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Lyrics India". Lyrics India. 2015. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Flag Song". Smriti. 2015. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
  3. 1 2 "Azadi ki Raah Par". Lyrics India. 2015. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
  4. ↑ "Jaan Tiranga Hai - National Flag of India Patriotic Song". YouTube video. Vande Mataram. 28 January 2011. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "Times of india". Times of india. 11 August 2014. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 "Hitavada". Hitavada. 2015. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
  7. ↑ "Padma Shri". Padma Shri. 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 November 2014. Retrieved 11 November 2014.
  8. 1 2 "India Post" (PDF). India Post. 2015. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
  9. ↑ "Lalit Chandra Mehta". IMDB. 2015. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
  10. ↑ "Vanamala". IMDB. 2015. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
  11. ↑ "IMDB Azadi ki Rahha Par". IMDB Azadi ki Rahha Par. 2015. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
  12. ↑ "Song in Hindi Unicode". Smriti. 2015. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
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