O Mur Apunar Desh

Ö Mür Apünar Dekh
English: O My Endearing Country!
অ' মোৰ আপোনাৰ দেশ
Emblem of Assam

State song of Assam
LyricsLakshminath Bezbarua
MusicKamala Prasad Agarwala
Adopted1927 (de facto)
15 December 2013 (de jure)

Ö Mür Apünar Dekh[1] (Assamese pronunciation: [o mʊɹ apʊnaɹ dɛx]) is the state and traditional song of Assam, India. It was written by Lakshminath Bezbarua and the tune was made by Kamala Prasad Agarwala. It was first published in 1909 in an Assamese magazine named Bahi ("flute"). It was adopted as the Assam's state song in 1927 at asom chatrô sônmilôn ("Assam Student Conference") held in Tezpur,[2] and was officially adopted by the state government on 15 December 2013.[3][4][5]

The song was translated to Mising by Tabu Taid.[6]

  1. ^ Baruah, Krishna Dulal (May 2004). "O mor aponar dex". Xongitor byobohari xutro aru guitar (2nd ed.). Ananta Hazarika, Banalata. p. 46.
  2. ^ Encyclopedia of Indian Literature Volume 1, 1989, pp. 416-418.
  3. ^ "Govt to recognize Bezbaruah's song as state anthem". The Times of India. 19 November 2013.
  4. ^ "Assam to adopt 'O Mur Apunar Dex'as state anthem". The Economic Times. 18 November 2013.
  5. ^ "Sabha corrects state song". The Telegraph. 7 September 2015.
  6. ^ "SoundCloud - Hear the world's sounds".[dead link]