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July 08, 2015 10:19
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Rajasthan Governor Kalyan Singh said that Rabindranath Tagore while writing the national anthem had praised the ‘angrezi shaasak’ (English ruler) by writing ‘adhinayak jai ho’ and it is about time that this be amended, he said at the 26th convocation ceremony of Rajasthan University.

“Jan gan man adhinayak jai ho kiske liye hai? It is to praise the ‘angrezi shaasak’…the British. It is about time that it amended and replaced by ‘jan gan man mangal gaye’. I do have full faith in Rabindranath Tagore and respect him, but still feel the national anthem should drop the word ‘adhinayak’,” Singh said. “Similarly, words like ‘mahamahim’ or his or her excellency should not be used any longer because no one is ‘mahan’. These were used during the British rule.”

He insisted that it was Rani Jhansi who was great and not Queen Victoria.

Primary Education Minister Vasudev Devnani, a prominent RSS face in the state government, had said that school textbooks in the state are being re-written relegating foreign rulers and personalities and with more focus on indigenous figures such as Maharana Pratap and Aryabhata.

By Premji

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