8 3 To My Beloved Motherland India Our
8. 3 To My Beloved Motherland, India
Our Heroes Lokmanya Tilak Bal Gangadhar Tilak 23, July 1856 Mahatma Gandhi Moahndas Karamchand Gandhi 2 nd oct, 1869 Indira Gandhi Indira Priyadarshani Gandhi 19 th Nov. 1917 Indias Gankokila Sarojini Nayadu 13 th, Feb. 1879
Duty towards the Motherland Maintain Peace e. Kep free from Internal quarrels Promotelite racy tay united. S Mother India Remove Poverty Keep green Become Selfsufficient Protect From invasion
To My Motherland, India My India, I’m proud to be thy son; ”My heart With joy leaps for being here born; ”My soul With anguish fills for havoc done; ”If country Needs my life, let me adorn. ” “This is my land beloved, my Motherland; “This is my home , my ancestors came from; “Even an inch of it , I cannot hand, “Not spare It to an alien for a sum. ” “This is the air which I had breathed at first; “This is the soil that gave me food to eat; “This is the water which appeased my thirst; “This is the place that gave me my heart-beat. ” “My India, who canst challenge thy state? ” My blood is thine for any future date. Dr. John Celes.
Answer in one sentence each. • • • 1. Who is proud to be the son of India? 2. When is the poet’s soul filled with anguish? 3. Who is referred to as beloved in the poem ? 4. What should not be spared for a sum ? 5. What is the poet ready to sacrifice for the motherland ? • Answers: • 1 The poet is proud to be the son of India • 2 When a lot of damage, destruction etc. happens in his motherland, the poet’s soul fills with anguish. • 3 The poet’s motherland – India is referred to as beloved in the poem. • 4 our motherland should not be spared for a sum. • 5 The poet is ready to sacrifice his blood , his life for the motherland.
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