Independence Day: After performing the patriotic song for the first time in the presence of then Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru at the Ramlila Maidan in New Delhi, on January 27, 1963, Lata Mangeshkar she was afraid she had made a mistake.
Lata Mangeshkar said, "But when I met Panditji (Nehru), I saw tears in his eyes. He said to me 'Lata, tumne aaj mujhe rula diya (Lata, you made me tear up)'.”