Remove 'Sindh' from national anthem, we'll sing it: Lucknow madrassa.

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/img/60075341/Master.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/img/60075341/Master.jpg" style="border: 0px; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: bottom;" width="265" /></span></a><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 18px;">LUCKNOW: Clerics, teachers and students of world renowned Islamic seminary </span><a class="key_underline" href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Darul-Uloom-Nadwatul-Ulema" pg="AS1_InlineMedia#AS1_http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/remove-sindh-from-national-anthem-well-sing-it-lucknow-madrassa/articleshow/60075208.cms~Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulema-http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Darul-Uloom-Nadwatul-Ulema" style="background-color: white; color: #3ca2c8; cursor: pointer; font-size: 19px; line-height: 1.1; opacity: 0.8; position: relative; text-decoration-line: none;">Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulema</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 18px;"> celebrated the </span><a class="key_underline" href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Independence-Day" pg="AS1_InlineMedia#AS1_http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/remove-sindh-from-national-anthem-well-sing-it-lucknow-madrassa/articleshow/60075208.cms~Independence Day-http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Independence-Day" style="background-color: white; color: #3ca2c8; cursor: pointer; font-size: 19px; line-height: 1.1; opacity: 0.8; position: relative; text-decoration-line: none;">Independence Day</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 18px;"> with enthusiasm. After hoisting of the national flag at the top of the old building of </span><a class="key_underline" href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Nadwa" pg="AS1_InlineMedia#AS1_http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/remove-sindh-from-national-anthem-well-sing-it-lucknow-madrassa/articleshow/60075208.cms~Nadwa-http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Nadwa" style="background-color: white; color: #3ca2c8; cursor: pointer; font-size: 19px; line-height: 1.1; opacity: 0.8; position: relative; text-decoration-line: none;">Nadwa</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 18px;">, teachers and students sang 'Saare Jahan se Accha Hindostan Hamara' followed by special prayers for the safety and prosperity of the country.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; content: "."; display: block; font-size: 18px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; content: "."; display: block; font-size: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 18px;">"It has been a tradition since 1947 to offer special prayers for the country after hoisting flag on the Independence day. It was followed this year as well," said Nadwa Maulana Khalid Ghazipuri Nadwi, a cleric. When asked why </span><a class="key_underline" href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/national-anthem" pg="AS1_InlineMedia#AS1_http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/remove-sindh-from-national-anthem-well-sing-it-lucknow-madrassa/articleshow/60075208.cms~national anthem-http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/national-anthem" style="background-color: white; color: #3ca2c8; cursor: pointer; font-size: 19px; line-height: 1.1; opacity: 0.8; position: relative; text-decoration-line: none;">national anthem</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 18px;"> was not sung, he said that 'Jan Gan Man..." has the word 'Sindh' which is now in Pakistan. We cannot pray for Pakistan. If government removes the word, we will sing it proudly," he added.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; content: "."; display: block; font-size: 18px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; content: "."; display: block; font-size: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 18px;">Nadwa is not affiliated with the </span><a class="key_underline" href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/UP-Madrassa-Board" pg="AS1_InlineMedia#AS1_http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/remove-sindh-from-national-anthem-well-sing-it-lucknow-madrassa/articleshow/60075208.cms~UP Madrassa Board-http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/UP-Madrassa-Board" style="background-color: white; color: #3ca2c8; cursor: pointer; font-size: 19px; line-height: 1.1; opacity: 0.8; position: relative; text-decoration-line: none;">UP Madrassa Board</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 18px;"> which directed all madrassas to celebrate Independence Day and videograph it as an evidence. "Though we have not received any directions from the Board, we read in newspaper that government wants madrassas to keep evidence, hence we conducting photography and video recording of the events," said Maulana Dr Saeedur Rehman Azmi, principal of of the institution.</span></span><br /> <div class="image" data-msid="60075341" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; float: left; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> <br style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; content: "."; display: block; font-size: 18px;" /> <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">"We celebrate Independence every year but it is the first time that media has come to record the event, said Mohammad Saqib a student pursuing Aalim course. "We have a group song team which practiced for months to sing Sare Jahan Se Achcha," said Mohammad Intekhab a student.</span></span><br /> <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></span> <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></span> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 18px;">On the other hand, students and teachers of Maulana Azad Memorial </span><a class="key_underline" href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Madrassa" pg="AS1_InlineMedia#AS1_http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/remove-sindh-from-national-anthem-well-sing-it-lucknow-madrassa/articleshow/60075208.cms~Madrassa-http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Madrassa" style="background-color: white; color: #3ca2c8; cursor: pointer; font-size: 19px; line-height: 1.1; opacity: 0.8; position: relative; text-decoration-line: none;">Madrassa</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 18px;"> in Balaganj, affiliated to UP Madrassa Board, also celebrated Independence day with flag hoisting and national anthem. Principal Qari Sabir Husain said the madrassa has been doing this for years. Had media paid attention earlier, the myth that madrassas don't celebrate national days would have been busted long ago."</span></span><br /> <div class="last6brdiv" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> <br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; content: "."; display: block; font-size: 18px;" /> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"></span><br /> <div class="last5brdiv" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; display: inline; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline; width: auto;"> </div> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span> <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">At Nadwa, the three-hour program started at 8.30 am with hoisting of flag by the principal. Sweets were distributed as everyone greeted each other "Azaadi ka din mubaraq ho". Some students were also seen recording events in their mobile phone cameras.</span></span><br /> <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">                  In their address, clerics spoke on the history of independence struggle and contribution of Muslim freedom fighters in the movement. It was followed rendering of patriotic poetry in Urdu by Maulana Raeesus Shakri.</span></span><br /> <div class="last2brdiv" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> <br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; content: "."; display: block; font-size: 18px;" /> <div class="last1brdiv" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> <br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; content: "."; display: block; font-size: 18px;" /> <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Ghazipuri told students that Nawab Sirajuddaula and Tipu Sultan were among first freedom fighters. Prominent freedom fighters associated with Nadwa include Maulana Shibli Nomani, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, Maulana Allama Iqbal and Maulana Hasrat Mohani.</span></span><br /> <div class="last8brdiv" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; display: inline; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline; width: auto;"> <div class="sponsor_block clearfix loaded" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(235, 235, 235); border-bottom-style: solid; border-image: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(235, 235, 235); border-top-style: solid; border-width: 1px 0px; display: inline-block !important; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 20px auto; padding: 15px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline; width: 665px;"> <div class="alR" style="border: 0px; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: right; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span class="clmblogo" style="border: 0px; color: black; display: block; font-size: 10px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px; max-height: 40px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div> </div> </div> </div>

Remove 'Sindh' from national anthem, we'll sing it: Lucknow madrassa.

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