Notuner Gaan ( bn, নতুনের গান, ''The Song of Youth''), more popularly known (after its first line) as Chol Chol Chol, is the national

march March is the third month of the year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. It is the second of seven months to have a length of 31 days. In the Northern Hemisphere, the meteorological beginning of spring occurs on the first day of March ...

( bn, রণ-সঙ্গীত) of

Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mos ...

, whose lyrics and tune were written by national poet

Kazi Nazrul Islam , pseudonym = bn, ধূমকেতু, Dhūmketu , image = Nazrul.jpg , image_size = , caption = Nazrul in Chittagong, 1926 , birth_date = 11 ''Joiṣṭhyô'', 1306 '' Bônggabdô ...

in 1928. It was first published in the newspaper ''Shikha'' ( ''Flame'') with the title ''Notuner Gaan'' ( ''The Song of Youth'') and was later included in Nazrul's book ''Shondha'' ( ''The Evening''). The Bangladeshi government adopted this song as the national marching song of Bangladesh on 13 January 1972 in its first meeting after the country's independence. The first lines of the song are played at most military ceremonies or functions. '' The Daily Star'' has referred to it as ''the'' national military song.

Lyrics

Here are the rest of the original lyrics from which the National march of Bangladesh came (continuing from the last section):

References

External links

Prime Minister's Office, Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh
{{National Anthems of Asia Bangladeshi music 1972 in Bangladesh Songs written by Kazi Nazrul Islam Asian anthems Bengali-language songs Bengali-language poems Kazi Nazrul Islam Bangladeshi patriotic songs Bangladeshi songs Military marches 1928 in British India

Lyrics

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