{
  "id": 8690609,
  "title": "Decades of research: Poet unearths Netaji’s revolutionary songs for Pune festival",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/20/decades-of-research-poet-unearths-netajis-revolutionary-songs-for",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-20T13:05:56.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Indian Express",
    "slug": "the-indian-express",
    "url": "https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/pune/poet-unearths-netaji-revolutionary-songs-for-pune-festival-10886365/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A poet has unearthed 40 revolutionary songs from the Azad Hind Fauj, the Indian army founded by Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose during the freedom struggle. These songs, which have been lost to history, will be performed for the first time on September 21 at Bal Gandharva Rang Mandir as part of Pune Festival. The festival, named Jai Hind, marks the city's biggest cultural extravaganza during Ganeshotsav. The effort to collect the songs began four decades ago and has yielded more than 40 songs, according to Pradeep Niphadkar, a poet and ghazal writer. Netaji reportedly died in a plane crash, but Niphadkar insists he survived and lived longer. During his exile in Nasik, Niphadkar met Netaji's bodyguard, Mohammed Usman Patel, who helped him obtain the remaining songs. One of the songs, \"Kaumi jhandey unche raho jahan mein,\" translates to \"Stay hidden, O feet, until I reach the sky.\" Another song, \"Hum Hind sipahi hai, British ko dikha denge,\" translates to \"We are Indian soldiers, we will show the British.\" Niphadkar believes these songs should be sung and listened to, so that the lost history is not forgotten.",
  "summary": null,
  "key_points": [
    "Poet Pradeep Niphadkar discovers 40 lost revolutionary songs from Azad Hind Fauj.",
    "Songs will be performed at Pune Festival's Jai Hind on September 21.",
    "Niphadkar believes songs should preserve lost history of Netaji."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}