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The West Bengal government on Thursday announced that all state-run as well as state-aided schools will have a new prayer song, ‘Banglar Mati Banglar Jol’ (Bengal’s Land, Bengal’s Water) penned by Rabindranath Tagore, along with the national anthem. 

The song was written by Rabindranath Tagore in 1905 to protest the Partition of Bengal and was later declared the state anthem. Except for the National Anthem, there was no specified prayer song earlier in the state.

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State Education Minister, Bratya Basu, wrote on his official X account, “With the permission of the Hon'ble Chief Minister, Mamata Banerjee, the famous song ‘Banglar Maati Banglar Jol’ composed by Rabindranath Tagore in 1905 has been approved to be sung as the prayer song at the beginning of every government and government-aided school in West Bengal from now on. In addition to the regular singing of the national anthem of India, ‘Jana Gana Mana Adhinayaka Jay He’, composed by the poet in schools.” 

Basu further wrote that adding the song to the school curriculum will make students more alert and active in fostering social and communal unity across the entire state. 

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In his official post, the education minister attached a notice by the Deputy Secretary (Academic) "for regular singing of the State Song Banglar Mati Banglar Jol in the morning assembly mandatorily with immediate effect”. 

West Bengal Board of Secondary Education President Ramanuj Ganguly said that notifications have been sent to all the affiliated schools.

(With inputs from PTI)

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