Hindi
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India
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after
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as seditious, with the ban subsequently being lifted in August 1947. The song has since become a patriotic anthem in India, and has been re-interpreted by various Indian musicians including C. Ramachandra,
A. R. Rahman
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and recently by
Indraadip Dasgupta
Indraadip Dasgupta (born 17 January 1973) is an Indian composer whose range of music is well known in various Bengali Films.
In 2017 he worked with Anu Malik in '' Begum Jaan'', composed the film background music .
Film director
Music d ...
in the film
Gumnaami
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by Srijit Mukherji. The song is currently the regimental quick march of the
Indian Army
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.Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose and Indian war of independence Satish Chandra Maikap, pp. 352, Punascha, 1998, , ''... I. N. A. Marching Song Qadam qadam bar'haye ja ...''Reflections And Reminiscences Of Police Officers Sankar Sen, pp. 90, Concept Publishing Company, 2006, .