Jana Gana Mana

Jana Gana Mana

National anthem of India
Lyrics	Rabindranath Tagore
Music	Rabindranath Tagore
Adopted	24 January 1950
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"Jana Gana Mana" (Bengali: জন গণ মন, Bengali pronunciation: [dʒənə gəɳə mənə]; Hindi: जन गण मन, Hindustani pronunciation: [dʒɔno ɡɔno mɔno]; "Thou art the Ruler of the Minds of All People", English pronunciation: /ˈd̪äʊ̯ äːʈ d̪ə ˈruː.ləɾ əʋ d̪ə ˈmäɪ̯ndz əʋ ɔːl ˈpiː.pəl/) is the title for the national anthem of India. The original words were written in the Bengali language. It was originally a five-verse poem created in 1911 by Rabindranath Tagore—the same author for the Bangladeshi anthem.^[1] In January 1950, just the first verse was made to be officially part of the national anthem of India per the Constituent Assembly of India.^[2][3] In addition, the lyrics now contain many words of Sanskrit origin.^[4]

1. ↑ National Symbol: National Anthem. National Portal of India. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
2. ↑ Britannica, Editors of Encyclopedia (2008), Britannica Encyclopedia of India (Set of 5 Volumes), Encyclopedia Britannica India, p. 167, ISBN 978-81-8131-008-8
3. ↑ http://mha.gov.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/pdf/NationalAnthem(E).pdf Archived 2018-04-18 at the Wayback Machine (dead)
4. ↑ National anthem of India: a brief on 'Jana Gana Mana' (14 August 2012). News18.