Professor Dr. Sheikh Md. Nazmul Hasan : In 1929, the song "Notuner Gaan" (The Song of Youth) composed and tuned by the national poet Kazi Nazrul Islam, was published in the Shikha magazine in Bengali year 1335 as part of the "Sandhya" anthology. On January 13, 1972, this song was selected as the national war song of Bangladesh during the first meeting of the cabinet of the newly formed government of Bangladesh. The first 21 lines