In a letter dated 19th March 1939, Tagore wrote - "I should only insult myself if I cared to answer those who consider me capable of such unbounded stupidity as to sing in praise of George the Fourth or George the Fifth as the Eternal Charioteer leading the pilgrims on their journey through countless ages of the timeless history of mankind. The false myth that Jana Gana Mana was written and composed by Tagore to praise George the Fourth, who visited India in 1911. But do we know enough about our anthem other than that it was written and composed by Nobel laureate and mystic poet Ravindranath Tagore? Here are some interesting facts about our anthem which you probably were not aware of:ġ. Soulful composition and the evocative lyrics surely move you into the realm of patriotism, at least momentarily.Īll of us have sung the national anthem and since school, stood up every time we heard it. It is a reflex in every Indian to rise the moment you hear the pride inducing words from our national anthem, leaving all what one is busy with.
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The first stanza contains the full version of the National Anthemĭavid Courtney adds: The Indian national anthem has been composed in Raag - Alhiya Bilawal and set to the Keharava Taal.ĩ interesting facts about our National Anthem, India Today July 8, 2015
Kolkata Session of the Indian National Congress. It was first sung on 27 December 1911 at the Was adopted in its Hindi version by the Constituent Assembly as the NationalĪnthem of India on 24 January 1950. The song Jana-gana-mana, composed originally in Bengali by Rabindranath Tagore,
2.4 A Romanisation of the complete Bengali original.2.2 A Romanisation of the Anthem in Hindi.2 The full text, in Bengali, Devnagari and Roman scripts.1.1 Nine facts about our National Anthem.