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{{Infobox person
| name = Shyamlal Gupta
| image = Shyamlal Gupta 1997 stamp of India.jpg
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| birth_date = 9 September 1896
| birth_place = [[Kanpur]], [[North-West Provinces]], [[British India]]
| death_date = 10 August 1977 (aged 80)
| death_place = [[India]]
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| occupation = Poet
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| known for = Indian flag song
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| parents = Visheshwar Prasad<br>Kaushalya Devi
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| awards = [[Padma Shri]] (1969)
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'''Shyamlal Gupta''', popularly known by his pen name '''Parshad''', (9 September 1896 – 10 August 1977) was an Indian poet and lyricist. A song written by him which featured in the 1948 Hindi film, ''Azadi Ki Raah Par'', (sung by [[Sarojini Naidu]]), has been accepted as the flag song of India and is sung every year during the flag hoisting ceremony at the [[Indian Independence Day|Independence Day]] and [[Indian Republic Day|Republic Day]] celebrations.<ref name="Times of india">{{cite web | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kanpur/No-one-to-hoist-name-of-flag-song-writer/articleshow/40036432.cms | title=No one to hoist name of flag song writer | work=The Times of India | date=11 August 2014 | access-date=13 May 2015}}</ref><ref name="Hitavada">{{cite web|url=http://www.thehitavada.com/news-details/the-man-who-wrote-flag-song|title=The Man Who Wrote Flag Song|date=2015|publisher=Hitavada|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518082602/http://www.thehitavada.com/news-details/the-man-who-wrote-flag-song|archive-date=18 May 2015|url-status=dead|access-date=13 May 2015}}</ref> He was the recipient of the fourth highest civilian award ([[Padma Shri]]) in 1969. In 1997, the [[Government of India]] issued a postage stamp in his honor.<ref name="indiatimes">{{cite news |title=No one to hoist name of flag song writer - Kanpur News - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kanpur/no-one-to-hoist-name-of-flag-song-writer/articleshow/40036432.cms |work=The Times of India |language=en}}</ref>

==Biography==
Shyamlal Gupta was born on 9 September 1896, the youngest son of Visheshwar Prasad and Kaushalya Devi,<ref name="Hitavada" /> as part of the [[Dosar Vaishya]] community in the General Ganj area of [[Kanpur]], in what is today's state of [[Uttar Pradesh]], India.<ref name="Times of india" /> Refusing to join the family business, he took up teaching as a career and worked at various government schools in Kanpur, while also participating in the [[Indian freedom struggle|Indian Independence Movement]]. His chance of meeting [[Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi]] at one of the conventions of the [[Indian National Congress]] brought him the charge of the freedom campaigns of [[Fatehpur, Uttar Pradesh|Fatehpur]] town. He was arrested by the authorities of the British Raj in 1921 and worked covertly upon release. He was also arrested later, in 1930 and 1944, and was incarcerated on both occasions. Gupta held the post of President of the Fatehpur District Congress Committee for 19 years. He was known to have avoided using footwear and umbrellas until Indian Independence, following a personal vow. He died on 10 August 1977, at the age of 81.<ref name="Hitavada" /><ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kanpur/City-forgets-composer-of-Vijayi-Vishwa-Tiranga-Pyara-/articleshow/48435401.cms|title=City forgets composer of 'Vijayi Vishwa Tiranga Pyara...'|work=The Times of India|access-date=15 August 2017}}</ref>

As an honor, Gupta was selected to sing the flag song on 15 August 1952 during the Independence Day celebrations. During the Republic Day celebrations in 1972, Gupta was celebrated by the then Prime Minister, [[Indira Gandhi]], who awarded him with a scroll of honor. The [[Government of India]] also awarded him the civilian honor of [[Padma Shri]] in 1969.<ref name="Padma Shri">{{cite web |url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Shri |publisher=Padma Shri |date=2015 |access-date=11 November 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6U68ulwpb?url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 November 2014 }}</ref> Two decades after his death, on 4 March 1997, [[Shankar Dayal Sharma]], then president of India, released a postage stamp in his honor.<ref name="Hitavada" /><ref name="India Post">{{cite web | url=http://indiapost.gov.in/Pdf/Indian_Postage_Stamp_Catalogue_1947-2011.pdf | title=India Post | publisher=India Post | date=2015 | access-date=13 May 2015 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130117224026/http://indiapost.gov.in/Pdf/Indian_Postage_Stamp_Catalogue_1947-2011.pdf | archive-date=17 January 2013 | df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref name=":0" />

===Flag song===
The song was originally written by Gupta in March 1924 as a patriotic poem and was released by Khanna Press in Kanpur, The poem sold over 5000 copies.<ref name="Times of india" /> The [[Indian National Congress]] adopted the song as the official flag song in 1924 and it was first sung at the [[Jallianwala Bagh massacre|Jallianwala Bagh Martyrs' Day]] on 13 April 1924 at [[Phool Bagh]] in [[Kanpur]], a function attended by [[Jawaharlal Nehru]].<ref name="Times of india" /> In 1938, [[Sarojini Naidu]] presented the song at the [[Haripura]] Session of the Indian National Congress in the presence of freedom leaders such as [[Mahatma Gandhi]], [[Motilal Nehru]], [[Jawaharlal Nehru]], [[Dr Rajendra Prasad]], [[Govind Vallabh Pant]], [[Jamnalal Bajaj]], [[Mahadev Desai]], and [[Purushottam Das Tandon]].<ref name="Hitavada" /> A decade later, the song was featured in the film, ''Azadi ki Raah Par'', released in 1948.<ref name="Azadi ki Raah Par">{{cite web|url=http://www.lyricsindia.net/movies/1468|title=Azadi ki Raah Par|date=2015|publisher=Lyrics India|access-date=13 May 2015}}</ref> The film was directed by Lalit Chandra Mehta,<ref name="Lalit Chandra Mehta">{{cite web | url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0576563/ | title=Lalit Chandra Mehta | publisher=IMDB | date=2015 | access-date=14 May 2015}}</ref> and had [[Prithviraj Kapoor]] and Vanamala Pawar<ref name="Vanamala">{{cite web | url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0888450/ | title=Vanamala | publisher=IMDB | date=2015 | access-date=14 May 2015}}</ref> in the lead roles.<ref name="IMDB Azadi ki Rahha Par">{{cite web | url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0386305/fullcredits?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm | title=IMDB Azadi ki Rahha Par | publisher=IMDB Azadi ki Rahha Par | date=2015 | access-date=14 May 2015}}</ref> The song, composed by Shekhar Kalyan and sung by [[Sarojini Naidu]],<ref name="Flag Song">{{cite web|url=http://smriti.com/hindi-songs/jhandaa-uunchaa-rahe-hamaaraa-----sarojini-naidu|title=Flag Song|date=2015|publisher=Smriti|access-date=13 May 2015}}</ref> is reported to have instilled a sense of patriotism among Indians during the pre-independence period. It is sung every year during the flag hoisting ceremony at the [[Indian Independence Day|Independence Day]] and [[Indian Republic Day|Republic Day]] celebrations.<ref name="Hitavada" />

The song in Hindi:<ref name="Song in Hindi Unicode">{{cite web | url=http://smriti.com/hindi-songs/jhandaa-uunchaa-rahe-hamaaraa-----sarojini-naidu-utf8 | title=Song in Hindi Unicode | publisher=Smriti | date=2015 | access-date=13 May 2015}}</ref><ref name="Flag Song" />

विजयी विश्व तिरंगा प्यारा, झण्डा ऊँचा रहे हमारा।

सदा शक्ति बरसाने वाला, प्रेम सुधा सरसाने वाला।
वीरों को हर्षाने वाला, मातृ भूमि का तन मन सारा।।
झण्डा ऊँचा रहे हमारा ...

स्वतंत्रता के भीषण रण में, रख कर जोश बढ़े क्षण-क्षण में।
काँपे शत्रु देखकर मन में, मिट जाये भय संकट सारा।।
झण्डा ऊँचा रहे हमारा ...

इस झँडे के नीचे निर्भय, हो स्वराज जनता का निश्चय।
बोलो भारत माता की जय, स्वतंत्रता ही ध्येय हमारा।।
झण्डा ऊँचा रहे हमारा ...

आओ प्यारे वीरों आओ, देश धर्म पर बलि-बलि जाओ।
एक साथ सब मिल कर गाओ, प्यारा भारत देश हमारा।।
झण्डा ऊँचा रहे हमारा ...

शान न इसकी जाने पाये, चाहे जान भले ही जाये।
विश्व विजयी कर के दिखलाएं, तब हो ये प्रण पूर्ण हमारा।।
झण्डा ऊँचा रहे हमारा ...

==Awards and recognition==
*'''1969''': Received the fourth highest civilian award ([[Padma Shri]]) in 1969.<ref name="indiatimes"/>

==See also==
* [[Flag of India]]
* [[Indian independence movement]]

==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb title|id=tt0386305|title=Azadi ki Raah Par}}
* {{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BYqcN4K_Fo | title=Vijayi Vishwa Tiranga Pyara – Doordarshan Film| publisher=Doordarshan | work=[[YouTube]] video | date=14 July 2012 | access-date=15 August 2017}}

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[[Category:Recipients of the Padma Shri in literature & education]]
[[Category:1896 births]]
[[Category:1977 deaths]]
[[Category:Indian independence activists from Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:Hindi-language lyricists]]
[[Category:Hindi-language poets]]
[[Category:People from Kanpur]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian musicians]]

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