National Anthem

  • The song Jana-gana-mana, composed oringinally in Bengali by Rabindranath Tagore, was adopted in it's Hindi version by the Constituent Assembly as the National Anthem of India on 24 January, 1950. It was first sung on 27 December, 1911 at the Kolkata session (chairman- Pt Bishan Narayan Dutt) of the Indian National Congress. The complete song consist of 5 stanzas.
  • Rabindranath Tagore had published it in 'Tatvabodhini' in 1912 with the title 'Bharat Bhagya Vidhata' and translated it into English in 1999 with the title 'Morning song of India'. The credit of composing the present tune (Music) of our National Anthem goes to Capital Ram Singh Thakur (an I N A sepoy).
  • Playing time of the full version of the National Anthem approximately is 52sec. A short version of the first and last line of the stanza (playing time approx. 20 sec) is also played on certain occasion.
Posted on by
Score
Views