Composed by Rabindranath Tagore, the song Jana Gana Mana was first sung
on December 27, 1911 at the Calcutta session of the
Indian National Congress. On January 24, 1950, the Constituent Assembly
adopted the song as the National Anthem of India.The complete song
consists of five stanzas. The first stanza comprises the full version
of the National Anthem.
Composed by Bankim Chandra, this song appears in the Bengali novel Anand
Math. The English translation of Vande Mataram rendered by Shree
Aurobindo, is considered to be the "official" and best. The first stanza of
this song has been given the status of our national song.
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