English: Thou Art the Ruler of the Minds of All People | |
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![]() Sheet music for "Jana Gana Mana" | |
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Lyrics | Rabindranath Tagore, 11 December 1911
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Music | Rabindranath Tagore, 11 December 1911
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Adopted | 24 January 1950 |
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Instrumental version of Jana Gana Mana played by the US Navy (c. 1983) |
Jana Gana Mana (Bengali: জন গণ মন lit. 'Thou Art the Ruler of the Minds of All People') is the national anthem of the Republic of India. It was originally composed as "Bharoto Bhagyo Bidhata" in Bengali by polymath Rabindranath Tagore[1][2] on 11 December 1911.[3][4][5] The first stanza of the song Bharoto Bhagyo Bidhata was adopted by the Constituent Assembly of India as the National Anthem on 24 January 1950.[6][7][8] A formal rendition of the national anthem takes approximately 52 seconds. A shortened version consisting of the first and last lines (and taking about 20 seconds to play) is also staged occasionally.[9] It was first publicly sung on 27 December 1911 at the Calcutta (present-day Kolkata) Session of the Indian National Congress.[10]
The composition consisting of the words and music known as Jana Gana Mana is the National Anthem of India, subject to such alterations in the words as the Government may authorise as occasion arises
The composition consisting of the words and music of the first stanza of the late poet Rabindra Nath Tagore's song known as "Jana Gana Mana" is the National Anthem of India
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