Qadam Qadam Badhaye Ja

"Qadam Qadam Badhaye Ja"
March by Ram Singh Thakuri
Written1942
TextVanshidhar Shukla
LanguageHindustani (Hindi/Urdu)

"Qadam Qadam Badhaye Ja" (Hindi: क़दम क़दम बढ़ाये जा; Urdu: قدم قدم بڑھائے جا) was the regimental quick march of Indian National Army. Written by Vanshidhar Shukla and composed by Ram Singh Thakuri in 1942, it was banned by the British in India after World War II as seditious. The ban was lifted in August 1947 and the song has since become a patriotic anthem in India. It has been re-interpreted by various Indian musicians including C. Ramachandra, A. R. Rahman and recently by Indraadip Dasgupta in the film Gumnaami (2019) by Srijit Mukherji.

The song is currently the regimental quick march of the Indian Army.[1][2]

  1. ^ Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose and Indian war of independence, Satish Chandra Maikap, pp. 352, Punascha, 1998, OCLC 39292599, ... I. N. A. Marching Song Qadam qadam bar'haye ja ...
  2. ^ Reflections And Reminiscences Of Police Officers, Sankar Sen, pp. 90, Concept Publishing Company, 2006, ISBN 9788180692369.