Din Khoon Ke Hamaare

‘Like Holi with the blood of Hindus and Muslims’: This song about Jallianwala Bagh still resonates

Imagining how India would shape up after independence was achieved, ‘Din Khoon Ke Hamaare’ evocatively invokes the unity of different religious communities.

The song, called Din Khoon Ke Hamaare and written by an anonymous poet probably soon after the tragedy, was picked by the Central Squad of the Indian People’s Theatre Association in Bombay in 1943, and developed into a regular part of their musical repertoire. It was sung by Priti Sarkar, a young woman who had moved from Calcutta to Bombay to be part of the squad, along with Benoy Roy, a powerful songwriter, and his sister Reba Roychowdhuri, who was a singer and actress. Sarkar sang it for many years, even after the Central Squad was disbanded and she moved back to Calcutta to work with the Indian People’s Theatre Association there.

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