Jai Jai Garavi Gujarat

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જય જય ગરવી ગુજરાત
Jai Jai Garavi Gujarat
English: Victory to Proud Gujarat
Government Of Gujarat Seal In All Languages.svg
Emblem of Gujarat

State song of Gujarat
LyricsNarmadashankar Dave, 1873
Adopted2011

"Jai Jai Garavi Gujarat" (pronounced [dʒəj dʒəj ˈgəɾ(ə)ʋi ˈgudʒ(ə)ɾat]; "Victory to Proud Gujarat") is a poem written by Gujarati poet Narmadashankar Dave in 1873. It is used as a state anthem during ceremonies of the Government of Gujarat.[1][2]

Composition[edit]

Narmad is considered the first modern Gujarati writer. He wrote the poem in 1873 as the foreword of his first Gujarati dictionary, Narmakosh.[3][4][2]

In this poem, Narmad epitomises the sense of pride in the region by identifying the region of Gujarati people. He delineates the boundary within which the Gujarati-speaking population live: Ambaji in the north; Pavagadh in the east; Kunteshwar Mahadev near Vapi in the south; and Somnath, Dwarka in the west. This region mentioned by him now forms modern-day Gujarat, the western state of India.[3][5][2] At the end of the poem, Narmad gives hope to the people of Gujarat that the dark clouds is lifting, and a new dawn is about to emerge.[6]

In 2011, the composition sung by various Gujarati singers was released by Government of Gujarat.[1]

Lyrics[edit]

Gujarati original[2] IAST Romanization English translation

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Newest version of Jay Jay Garvi Gujarat song launched(Video)". DeshGujarat. 2011-05-07. Retrieved 2016-11-12.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Ibrahim, Farhana (2012). "The Region and Its Margins: Re-Appropriations of the Border from 'Mahagujarat' to 'Swarnim Gujarat'". Economic and Political Weekly. 47 (32): 66–72. ISSN 0012-9976 – via JSTOR.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Bharat Yagnik; Ashish Vashi (2 July 2010). "No Gujarati dept in Veer Narmad, Hemchandracharya varsities". The Times of India. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
  4. Tevani, Shailesh (1 January 2003). C.C. Mehta. Sahitya Akademi. p. 67. ISBN 978-81-260-1676-1. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
  5. Desai, Rakesh (2014). "Scripting a Region: Narmad's Idea of Gujarat". Indian Literature. 58 (3 (281)): 175–187. ISSN 0019-5804.
  6. Suhrud, Tridip. "Narmadashankar Lalshankar: Towards History and Self Knowing" (PDF). Narrations of a Nation: Explorations Through Intellectual Biographies (Ph.D). Ahmedabad: School of Social Sciences, Gujarat University. p. 33. hdl:10603/46631.

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