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Jai Jai Garavi Gujarat

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

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

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Newest version of Jay Jay Garvi Gujarat song launched(Video)". DeshGujarat. 2011-05-07. Retrieved 2016-11-12.
  2. ^ a b c d 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. ^ a b Bharat Yagnik; Ashish Vashi (2 July 2010). "No Gujarati dept in Veer Narmad, Hemchandracharya varsities". The Times of India. Archived from the original on November 13, 2016. 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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