Song: Mere Desh Ki Dharti

After the death of Jawaharlal Nehru, the next Prime Minister was Lal Bahadur Shastri. He was Prime Minister for only 2 short years, from 1964 to 1966, before he died in Tashkent, but in that 2 years, he had won a war with Pakistan. He asked Manoj Kumar to make a patriotic movie based on soldiers and farmers, and this movie was the result. The movie, based on a son of the soil, who fights the enemy, and reforms his own wayward brother, was a huge hit, The song was very popular, and still remains very popular. The song was sung by Mahendra Kapoor, who has sung a number of patriotic songs.





Lyrics of the song:

mere desh kee dharatee, sonaa ugale, ugale hire motee
mere desh kee dharatee

bailon ke gale mein jab ghungaru, jeewan kaa raag sunaate hai
gam kos door ho jaataa hai, khushiyon ke kanwal musakaate hai
sun ke rahat kee aawaaje, yoo lage kahee shahanaaee baje
aate hee mast bahaaron ke dulhan kee tarah har khet saje

jab chalate hain is dharatee pe hal , mamataa angadaeeyaan letee hai
kyo naa pooje is maantee ko, jo jeewan kaa sukh detee hai
is dharatee pe jis ne janam liyaa, usane hee paayaa pyaar teraa
yahaa apanaa paraayaa koee nahee, hain sab pe, maan, upakaar teraa

ye baag hain gautam naanak kaa, khilate hain aman ke fool yahaan
gaandhee, subhaash taigor, tilak ayese hain chaman ke fool yahaa
rang haraa hareesing nalawe se, rang laal hain laal bahaadoor se
rang banaa basantee bhagatasing rang aman kaa weer jawaahar se