“ Amaar sonar Bangla ” was sung first on August 25, 1905, in the Town Hall of Kolkata where Tagore himself was reported to be present. Interestingly, this song was classified under the Swadesh category in the Tagore oeuvre, implying embedded patriotism. (HT Archive)
Congress' Assam chief Gaurav Gogoi took a jibe at Himanta Sarma and said his remarks were an “example of why he is unfit as the Chief Minister of the people of Assam.”
