Badluram Ka Badan is the regimental march song for Assam Regiment. The regimental march song has traces from the Second World War. Indian Soldiers were taken to fight in the war. Every soldier at war was entitled to certain ration. It was the Quarter Master's responsibility to report deaths and thereby stop ration for the same and continue for the rest. However the Quarter Master of the battalion that was at the front didn't report the death of a soldier named Badluram and continued issuing ration in his name. The excess ration that had been released in the name of Badluram was surplus and it got piled up for few months. Eventually during the phase of the war when the Japanese Army surrounded the Assam Regiment and cut off the regiment from all kinds of assistance the regiment suffered scarcity of ration. It was then the excess ration which the Quarter Master kept drawing in the name of Badluram helped the entire regiment from starving and the entire regiment had the ration even when they were cut off from logistical assistance. The regimental song is a tribute to Badluram. The lyrics of the song goes like this
Ek khubsurat ladki thi…
Usko dekh ke rifleman…
Chindi khichna bhul gaya…
Havaldar Major dekh liya…
Usko pittu lagaya…
Badluram ek sipahi thaa…
Japan war me mar gaya…
Quarter Master smart thaa…
Usney ration nikala…
Badluram ka badan zamin ke nichey hain…
Toh humein uska ration milta hain…
Sabashh… hallelujah…
Toh humein uska ration milta hain…
Tagra Raho!
Jai Hind
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