MUMBAI: Singer Roopkumar and Sonali Rathod will lead the people of Aurangabad, to create a Guinness World Record for the maximum number of people in any country singing their National Anthem in unison.
On 25 January, celebrities and Aurangabadkars will pay a record-breaking tribute to 100 years of the National Anthem. An independent adjudicator from Guinness World Records will be present at the venue in Aurangabad (Divisional Sports Complex at Garkheda) at 8 am to observe and certify the successful creation of a world record.
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Accompanying the Rathod duo will be Prashant Damle, Kailash and Aarti Surendranath, Tushar Gandhi (Mahatma Gandhi’s grandson) amongst others. Several other leaders and public figures are likely to lend their voices on the momentous occasion.
The initiative, supported by Lokmat Media will commemorate the completion of 100 years of Jana Gana Mana since it was first sung on 27 December 1911 at the Calcutta Session of the Indian National Congress. It was declared the Indian National Anthem by the Constituent Assembly on 24 January 1950.
Eminent singer Roopkumar Rathod said, Singing Jana Gana Mana to set a world record is a befitting and rousing way to commemorate one hundred years of the National Anthem, and Sonali and I are delighted and humbled that we will be part of the record-setting attempt. It will be our small tribute to the great composition of Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore….
Rajya Sabha MP and Lokmat Media Ltd chairman Vijay Darda said, As a socially responsible media house, we at Lokmat wanted to commemorate 100 years of our National Anthem on the eve of Republic Day, and have chosen Aurangabad for this celebration. Aurangabad, with its national historical legacy and rich multi-community profile, is a befitting locale for saluting a century of our National Anthem, which celebrates the unity and diversity of India….
