Amar Sonar Bangla

Amar Sonar Bangla
English: My Golden Bengal
আমার সোনার বাংলা
	National anthem of Bangladesh
Lyrics	Rabindranath Tagore, 1905
Music	Gagan Harkara, 1889 (arranged by Samar Das, in 1972)
Adopted	10 April 1971 (provisional); 26 March 1972 (official)
Preceded by	Qaumi Taranah; (as the anthem of Pakistan); Torana-i-Pakistan; (as the anthem of East Pakistan);
Audio sample
	U.S. Navy Band instrumental version file; help;

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"Amar Sonar Bangla" (Bengali: আমার সোনার বাংলা, lit. 'My Golden Bengal', pronounced [ˈamaɾ ˈʃonaɾ ˈbaŋla]) is the national anthem of Bangladesh.^[2]^[3] An ode to Mother Bengal, the lyrics were written by Bengali polymath Rabindranath Tagore, while the melody is derived from Baul singer Gagan Harkara's "Ami Kothay Pabo Tare", set to Dadra tala.^[4]^[5]^[6] The modern instrumental rendition was arranged by Bangladeshi musician Samar Das.

^ "Rabindranath Tagore - Songs - swadesh - amar sonar bangla". tagoreweb.in. Retrieved 2024-09-09.
^ "The Constitution of the People's Republic of Bangladesh - 4. National anthem, flag and emblem". Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs. Archived from the original on 2014-10-06.
^ "Bangladesh: Amar Shonar Bangla". NationalAnthems.me. Archived from the original on 2018-05-26. Retrieved 9 August 2011.
^ Folk singer, Swapan Basu, demonstrates the similarity in a live recitation (0:43/8:46 to 1:21/8:46)
^ Chakrabarti, Santosh (2004). Studies in Tagore: Critical Essays. Atlantic Publishers & Dist. p. 108. ISBN 9788126903405.
^ "Rabindranath Tagore - Essays - Creative Unity - An Indian Folk Religion ()". tagoreweb.in. Retrieved 22 September 2021.