2022-12-28 Wed

Shyamlal Gupta, popularly known as Parshad, was an Indian poet and lyricist. He wrote many songs for the Hindi film industry. In 1948, he wrote a song for the Hindi movie 'Azadi ki Raah par', 'which is accepted as the national song of India and sung every year during the flag hoisting ceremony at the Independence Day and Republic Day celebrations. In 1969, the Government of India honoured him with the fourth highest civilian award, Padma Shri.

The song written by Shyamlal Gupta is 'vijayi vishwa tiranga pyara'. He wrote this song in March 1924 as a patriotic poem. In the same year, the Indian National Congress accepted this song as the official flag song of India. It was first sung at Jallianwala Bagh Martyrs' Day on 13 April 1924 at Phool Bagh in Kanpur, a function attended by Jawaharlal Nehru.

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