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O Mur Apunar Desh () is the state and traditional song of
Assam Assam (, , ) is a state in Northeast India, northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra Valley, Brahmaputra and Barak River valleys. Assam covers an area of . It is the second largest state in Northeast India, nor ...
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. 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, and was officially adopted by the state government on 15 December 2013. This song is also used as the anthem of the secessionist, United Liberation Front of Asom, as an anthem for a sovereign Assam. The song was translated to Mising by Tabu Taid.


The song

The key of the song is D major and its rhythm is
waltz The waltz ( , meaning "to roll or revolve") is a ballroom dance, ballroom and folk dance, in triple (3/4 time, time), performed primarily in closed position. Along with the ländler and allemande, the waltz was sometimes referred to by the ...
. The song was translated by Krishna Dulal Barua.


See also

* List of Indian state songs


References


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O Mur Apunar Desh
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