[1] This song belongs to the "Shawdesh" (patriotic) group of Rabindra Sangeet.

[6] Bengali revolutionary Krishnagopal Chowdhury sang this song on his way to death sentence given by the British Raj on charges of sedition in 1934.

[7] The song inspired the Bengali fighters during the Liberation War of Bangladesh.

[8] The song was used in the Bengali film Ora Egaro Jon directed by Chashi Nazrul Islam.

The song recounts the narrative of the motherland's role as a nurturing entity towards her people, as well as the lamentable realization of their failure to reciprocate in kind.