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Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle, the composer of the French national anthem "La Marseillaise", sings it for the first time. The anthem is one of the earliest to be adopted by a modern state, in 1795. Most nation states have an anthem, defined as "a song, as of praise, devotion, or patriotism"; most anthems are either marches or hymns in style. A song or hymn can become a national anthem under ...
The National Anthem of India is titled "Jana Gana Mana". The song was originally composed in Bengali by India's first Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore on 11 December 1911. [11] [12] [13] The parent song, 'Bharoto Bhagyo Bidhata' is a Brahmo hymn that has five verses of which only the first verse was adopted as the national anthem.
If an anthem is defined as consisting of both a melody and lyrics, then the oldest national anthem in use today is the national anthem of the Netherlands, the Wilhelmus. [3] Written between 1568 and 1572 during the Dutch Revolt , it was already a popular orangist hymn during the 17th century, though it would take until 1932 for it to be ...
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Pariaman (Jawi: ڤريامن ), is a coastal city in West Sumatra, Indonesia. Pariaman covers an area of 73.36 km 2 (28 sq mi), with a 12 km (7 mi) coastline. It had a population of 79,043 at the 2010 Census [ 2 ] and 94,224 at the 2020 census; [ 3 ] the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 97,206 - comprising 49,131 males and 48,075 females ...
"National anthem of Manchukuo" 1933–1942 Zheng Xiaoxu: Takatsu Toshi, Sonoyama Minpei and Muraoka Gakudō — "Mǎnzhōu guó guógē" [trans 63] "National anthem of Manchukuo" 1942–1945 The national anthem committee Kosaku Yamada and Kiyoshi Nobutoki — Oldenburg "Heil dir, o Oldenburg" "Hail to thee, o Oldenburg" 1844–1871 Theodor von ...
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Since 1831, the practice of throwing a tabuik into the sea has taken place every year in Pariaman on Ashura, which is the 10th of Muharram. [1] The practice was introduced to the region by the Twelver Shia sepoy troops from India or West Asia who were stationed—and later settled—there during the British Raj .