Chalo sipaahee chalo
Posted on: January 24, 2025
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#The Decade of Sixties – 1961 – 1970 #
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(75 Years of Republic of India #Desh Kee Mittee Kee Khushboo#)
The song in this post is a Non-Film Song, though the name of this movie appears in Geet Kosh Vol-IV (1961-962) under the movies that were not released. It was not an entire film but just a documentary made under the banner of Farida Films. Te foot note on this page for this ‘film’ mentions that Iqbal Qureshi, the composer of the song confirmed that it was just a non film song giving the story of China’s attack on India in the year 1962.
The lyricist for the song is Shamsheer and singer is Mahendra Kapoor.
Many of us are aware that our country India had to fiught wars with its neighbors fromtime to time. The major wars that we fought are as given below.
• 1947 – Indo Pak War (War for Jammu & Kashmir)
• 1962 – India-China War
• 1965 – Indo-Pakistan War
• 1971 – Vijay Diwas. (War with Pakistan and creation of Bangladesh)
• 1999 – Kargil War
When I was noting down the lyrics for this song for this write up, I remembered that I had heard this song in 1970s during in my growing up years. However, I do not recall listening to it for the last many years. When I was in school, we used to prepare for the ‘prabhaat pheri’ during the celebration of Independence Day and Republic Day and as usual many patriotic songs used to be played on loudspeakers and radio.
Let us now listen to this song lest we forget the war – which we lost – to China in 1962.
Here is a brief about this war which I have taken from ‘Wikipedia’
The Sino–Indian War, also known as the China–India War or the Indo–China War, was an armed conflict between China and India that took place from October to November 1962. It was a military escalation of the Sino–Indian border dispute. Fighting occurred along India’s border with China, in India’s North-East Frontier Agency east of Bhutan, and in Aksai Chin west of Nepal.
There had been a series of border skirmishes between the two countries after the 1959 Tibetan uprising, when India granted asylum to the Dalai Lama. Chinese military action grew increasingly aggressive after India rejected proposed Chinese diplomatic settlements throughout 1960–1962, with China resuming previously banned “forward patrols” in Ladakh after 30 April 1962. Amidst the Cuban Missile Crisis, China abandoned all attempts towards a peaceful resolution on 20 October 1962, invading disputed territory along the 3,225-kilometre (2,004 mi) border in Ladakh and across the McMahon Line in the northeastern frontier. Chinese troops pushed Indian forces back in both theatres, capturing all of their claimed territory in the western theatre and the Tawang Tract in the eastern theatre. The conflict ended when China unilaterally declared a ceasefire on 20 November 1962, and simultaneously announced its withdrawal to its pre-war position, the effective China–India border (also known as the Line of Actual Control).
Much of the fighting comprised mountain warfare, entailing large-scale combat at altitudes of over 4,000 metres (13,000 feet). Notably, the war took place entirely on land, without the use of naval or air assets by either side.
As the Sino-Soviet split deepened, the Soviet Union made a major effort to support India, especially with the sale of advanced MiG fighter aircraft. Simultaneously, the United States and the United Kingdom refused to sell advanced weaponry to India, further compelling it to turn to the Soviets for military aid.
Let us listen to this song now and remind ourselves to be alert from the traitors of our country.
Part 1
Part 2
Song-Chalo sipaahee chalo (Patriotic NFS)(1962) Singer – Mahendra Kapoor, Lyrics – Shamsheer, MD-Iqbal Qureshi
chorus
Lyrics
aazaadee ke ae ae
matwaalon ko o
cheen ne phir lalkaaraa aa
shaanti ke aangan mein aen
phenkaa aa
jung kaa ik angaaraa aa
chalo sipaahee chalo o
chalo sipaahee chalo o
uthho jawaanon uthho o
apnee sarhad bulaa rahee hai
badhho saputon badhho o o
chalo sipaahee chalo o
chalo sipaahee chalo o
goonj rahee hai yahee sadaa
is gulshan kee hariyaalee se
laal cheen kaa saamnaa hogaa
apne khoon kee laalee se ae
sotey sher jagaaye
itnee samajh naheen gaddaaron mein
aag lagaa dee dost ne dekho
dostee ke gulzaaron mein
aaj Himaalay sulag rahaa hai
watan paraston jaago o o
chalo sipaahee chalo o
chalo sipaahee chalo o
aaj ke sangemarmar kee bhee
aankhen bhar bhar aayeen
Gangaa aur jamunaa kee maujen
Uchhal uchhal chillaayeen
bhaarat maa kee laaj kaa ghoonghat
aaj sarak naa jaaye ae
aazaadee kee dulhan kaa
singaar utar naa paaye
qurbaanee kee shamaa jalee
aao parwaanon aao
chalo sipaahee chalo o
chalo sipaahee chalo o
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barson ke baad cheen mein
ik aur hitler jaagaa
chaahtaa hain ke zulm se kaate
panchsheel kaa dhaagaa
budhh ke paigaamon kee bolo
kisne hansee udaaye
bhaai keh kar bhaai kee
gardan par chhuri chalaayee
is neeyat par naaz hai tum ko
doob maro gaddaaron
chalo sipaahee chalo o
chalo sipaahee chalo o
maa se kaho ke bachche de de
bahan bhee de de bhaai
bhaarat maa ke suhaag par
kuchh aisee ghadee hai aayee
ye sonaa aur chaandee kyaa hai
utaar do sab jevar
solah singaar jab hai apnaa
aazaadee ho sar par
rooh shaheedon kee kehtee hai
sar pe kafan ab baandho o
chalo sipaahee chalo o
chalo sipaahee chalo o
aaj zamaane ko dikhlaa do
yahaan sabhee hain netaaji
cheenee chhaliyon se keh do ke
har ghar mein hain shivaajee
galee galee goonjegaa phir
aazaad fauj kaa naaraa
khoon kee boondein keh dengee
bhaarat hai praan se pyaaraa
aaj bhagat singh kee qurbaanee ko
phir se dohraa do o
chalo sipaahee chalo o
chalo sipaahee chalo o
sar de kar bhee sehraa aakhir
bhaatat ke sar hogaa
is dhartee ka bachchaa bachhaa
veer jawaahar hogaa aa
aaj karodon bhaartwaasiyon kaa
ye armaan hai
ek jawaaharlaal hamaaraa
poora hindustaan hai
shaanti yug kaa apnaa tirangaa
duniyaa par lehraa do
duniyaa par lehraa do
duniyaa par lehraa do
duniyaa par lehraa do o
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