Include Northeast India in National Anthem

Sinlung Says: There is no mention about Northeast India in the Indian National Anthem. When even the regions mentioned do not feel the belongingness, how can the people of Northeast India feel the same…We know it will not be included but some sort of recognition can touch hearts in far flung areas like northeast India.

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AGP demand NE’s inclusion in National Anthem

New Delhi, Nov 26 : In what could be a case of 60 years too late, the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) on Friday demanded inclusion of Assam and North Eastern region in the National Anthem.

Making a Special Mention in the Rajya Sabha, AGP MP, Kumar Deepak Das on Friday demanded that Assam and North East be mentioned in the National Anthem.

The feeling of alienation, which is increasing may manifest separatist attitude among the youth in the North East, he warned, adding that such inclusion may help to unite the nation bringing prosperity and peace in the country.

Seclusion of Assam, as well as North-East in the national anthem is an ignominy for the people of the region. After the Constituent Assembly officially adopted Rabindra Nath Tagore’s ‘Jana Gana Mana’ as the National Anthem on January 24, 1950, the freedom fighters, and national leaders and other patriots of the region approached the Central Government, including the then Prime Minister of India, for inclusion of Assam in the anthem, as the entire region was ignored, but without any results, he recalled.

Even mention of name of the mighty Brahmaputra or any of the most rescued assets of the explored paradise of the North Eastern Region in that National Anthem would have given recognition to the North-east, he claimed.