Biography of Shyamlal Gupta:
Shyamlal Gupta, popularly known by his pen name Parshad, was an Indian poet and lyricist. He was born on September 9, 1896, in Narwal, Kanpur, India, and died on August 10, 1977, at the age of 81. Gupta was a teacher by profession and worked at various government schools in Kanpur while also participating in the Indian Independence Movement. He was the youngest son of Visheshwar Prasad and Kaushalya Devi.
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| Biography of Shyamlal Gupta |
Gupta is best known for writing the patriotic poem that was later adopted as the Indian flag song. The song, titled “Jhanda Ooncha Rahe Hamara,” was first sung at the Jallianwala Bagh Martyrs’ Day on April 13, 1924, at Phool Bagh in Kanpur. It was later presented by Sarojini Naidu at the Haripura Session of the Indian National Congress in 1938. The song has been accepted as the official flag song of India and is sung every year during the flag hoisting ceremony at the Independence Day and Republic Day celebrations.
Shyamlal Gupta's Contribution to the freedom struggle:
On arrival in the proximity of Amar Shahid Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi and literary pratap Narayan Mishra, Shyamlal ji performed various public service initiatives of teaching, librarian and journalism. For the year 1916 to 1947, Parshar ji was a fully dedicated dedication activist of freedom struggle. With the inspiration of Ganeshji, you made Fatehpur his place of work and later on the basis of his dedication and dedication, he became president of Fatehpur district Congress in 1920. During this, he operated the 'Salt Agitation' and 'Quit India Movement' and he remained in the Zilla Parishad Kanpur for 13 years.
Due to his participation in non-cooperation movement, he was arrested on 21 August 1921 from the palace of Queen Yashodhar. District collector declared him a revolutionary revolutionary and sent him to Central Jail Agra. In the wake of the Salt March 1930, they were again arrested and kept in Kanpur jail. Councilor continued to be a freedom fighter and remained absconding in 1932 and 1942. In 1944, you were arrested again and sent to jail. In this way, eight times in total political prisoners were held. While participating in the independence movement, he came in contact with top leaders of the top-Motilal Nehru, Mahadev Desai, Ramnaresh Tripathi and other leaders.
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