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); Pakistan Zindabad; (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.