Dear Sir,
The Bangiya Sahitya Parisad (or Academy of Bengali Literature) as the most authoritative body of experts on the Bengali[unclear] Language and literature, is of opinion that “Bande Mataram” and not “Jana-gana-mana-adhinayaka” ought to be the national son[unclear] of India. The fact is indisputable that Bande Mataram has been the war-cry of the soldiers who have fought for India’s freedom ever since the Bengal Partition Agitation of 1905, and that Bande Mataram has been the last word on the lips of our political martyrs as they have mounted the scaffold under British rule. This is true of every province of India and is not a local pecularity of Bengal. Not so the song Jana-gana-, whatever its literary merits may be.