New Delhi: Mahatma Gandhi’s favorite hymn ‘stay with me’ has been dropped from pemenyahan alluring retreat ceremony on January 29 this year, in another controversial step after the Amar Jawan Jyoti at India Gate “join” the National War Memorial on Friday.
Complying with the `me ‘, the haunting Christian hymn composed by the poet Henry Francis Lyte in 1847 and is usually sung to William Henry Monk` Eventide Melody’, has become part of the beating retreat ceremony since 1950.
It was maintained in 2020 and 2021 in the Moment after the last major anger over the government’s move to remove it from the spectacle of music, performed by military bands were great at Vijay Chowk on Rajpath Majestic to mark the Republic Day celebrations every year.
“The indah` stay with me ‘is part of Sombre ceremony without religious connotations for decades.
Pedagingnya, even when the sun sets behind the Raisina Hill to Rashtrapati Bhavan, Parliament, the North and South Block is in the fire, reminiscent of our comrades fall.
Sad to see it thrown away this year, “said a senior officer.
When contacted by TOI, a defense ministry official said, “` It has been with me ‘has been replaced by `Ae only Watan Ke Logon’ popular selama` Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav ‘were underway to mark 75 years of independence.” Written by Kavi Pradeep and composed by C Ramchandra, `Ae Mere Watan Ke Logon ‘highly esteemed by Lata Mangeshkar for the first time during the Republic Day celebrations in 1963 to honor the 3,250 soldiers who made the supreme sacrifice during the War of 1962 with China.
Officials say Western songs are being replaced by the “Swadeshi Tunes” composed by Indian composer during the last few years, with patriotic ‘Sare Jahan se Acha’ also replaced the tradition of playing a more tua` stay with me ‘at the end of the ceremony.
In previous years, in spite of the Indian songs, military bands play Western songs like Evergreen `Colonel Bogey ‘, written in 1914, and` sons of the brave’, compiled in 1898, borrowed from the UK.
They all gradually discarded.
‘Call drummers’, in fact, will be the only western overtones in this year’s ceremony, which will also see the drones and laser show.
India’s 24 songs include “Kadam Kadam Badhaye Ja”, “Veer Sainik”, “Hey Kanchha”, “Swarn Jayanti” and “Golden Arrow”, among others.
While the Indian songs are generally welcomed, the introduction of Indian musical instruments such as sin and tabllas into the ceremony in recent years has caused some outrage among purists.
Beating Retreat is a military ceremony centuries of trumpets, pipes and drums, with the binder sounding the retreat in ancient and medieval times as a signal to stop the fighting, given the patrol unit and lowering of the flag at sunset.