Salam Salam Hajar Salam
| "Salam Salam Hajar Salam" | |
|---|---|
| Solo by Abdul Jabbar | |
| Language | Bengali |
| Released | 14 March 1971 |
| Recorded | 1971 |
| Genre | Patriotic song |
| Songwriter(s) | Fazal-e-Khuda |
| Composer(s) | Abdul Jabbar |
"Salam Salam Hajar Salam" (Bengali: সালাম সালাম হাজার সালাম, lit. 'Salutes, Salutes, Thousands Salutes') is a Bengali language patriotic song written by the Bangladeshi litterateur Fazal-e-Khuda and composed by the Bangladeshi singer Abdul Jabbar.[1][2][3] The song was first broadcast in the radio on 14 March 1971.[4]
Popularity
The song was broadcast in the voice of Jabbar from the Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra to inspire the Bangladeshi freedom fighters during the Liberation War of Bangladesh.[5] The song ranked 12th in the list of the twenty greatest Bengali songs of all time in a 2006 survey conducted by BBC Bangla.[6]
In 2024, Bangladeshi intellectual Rahman Mridha proposed the song for the national anthem of Bangladesh replacing "Amar Sonar Bangla", signifying it's link to the Bengali Language Movement and the Liberation War of the country.[7]
Citations
- ^ Arefin, Sajjad (21 February 2014). "একুশের গান" [Song of the Twenty-first]. Prothom Alo (in Bengali). Retrieved 10 August 2025.
- ^ Fazal-e-Khuda. "সালাম সালাম হাজার সালাম" [Salutes, Salutes, Thousands Salutes]. Rokomari.com. Archived from the original on 23 March 2015. Retrieved 10 August 2025.
- ^ Beauty, Roushan Ara (15 November 2012). "কালজয়ী গানের স্রষ্টা মোহাম্মদ আব্দুল জব্বার" [Mohammad Abdul Jabbar, the creator of everlasting songs]. Dainik Azadi. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2025.
- ^ "আবদুল জব্বারের জনপ্রিয় তিন গানের গল্প" [The tale of three famous songs of Abdul Jabbar]. Prothom Alo (in Bengali). Retrieved 10 August 2025.
- ^ "বাংলা বলা যাবে না, তাই পাকিস্তান এয়ারফোর্স ছেড়েছিলাম: ফজল-এ-খোদা" [Prohibited to speak Bengali, thus left the Pakistan Air Force: Fazal-e-Khuda]. risingbd.com. 29 July 2014. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2025.
- ^ "সর্বকালের সর্বশ্রেষ্ঠ বাংলা গান" [Greatest Bengali songs of all time]. BBC Bangla. 3 May 2006. Retrieved 10 August 2025.
- ^ Mridha, Rahman (5 September 2024). "বাংলাদেশের জাতীয় সংগীত: পরিবর্তনের প্রয়োজনীয়তা ও নতুন দৃষ্টিকোণ" [National anthem of Bangladesh: Necessity for replacement and a new point of view]. Jago News. Retrieved 11 August 2025.