This song actually has a bit of unique story. It’s a song promoting independence. Now while this is fairly easy to produce in a post liberation state, like the majority of other independence songs, this was actually made while India was still controlled by its British overlords. However, it was never banned or even censored. The creators actually managed to convince the British that it was rallying against the Japanese, as the ever present threat of Japanese invasion kept the British on edge, and so it wasn’t glanced at. But for the common men and women of India, it was a rallying cry that would help accelerate the push for independence. The message of unity is also likely made by the fact that there isn’t one singer, but multiple. Signaling a “it isn’t just you or me that has to do this, but all of us”.