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This year, the government made the decision to interchange the hymn Abide with Me with the C Ramachandra composed, 'Ae Mere Watan Ke Logon'
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This year, the government made the decision to interchange the hymn Abide with Me with the C Ramachandra composed, 'Ae Mere Watan Ke Logon'
Dropping Mahatma Gandhi's favorite hymn is another move by Narendra Modi to bury India's past
The hymn, a favourite of Mahatma Gandhi, was played every year during the ceremony from 1950 onwards, until it was dropped in 2020. It was reinstated last year.
The Centre decided to drop one of Mahatma Gandhi's favourite hymns "Abide With Me" from this year's Beating Retreat ceremony as playing more Indian tunes would be appropriate in view of the 'Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav', which celebrates the 75th year of India's Independence, government sources said on Sunday. "Abide With Me", written by Scottish Anglican poet and hymnologist
According to the Indian Express, the official list of the 26 tunes to be played in the Beating Retreat ceremony does not mention ‘Abide With Me’.