 Ram Singh Thakuri to compose music for a song translated from Rabindra Nath Tagore's original Bengali score.He asked him to give the song a martial tune that would not put people to sleep but awaken those who were sleeping.India attained Independence on 15 August 1947, and the next morning Jawaharlal Nehru unfurled the Tricolour on the ramparts of the Red Fort and addressed the nation.