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NATIONAL ANTHEM
The 'Jana Gana Mana', written and composed
by Nobel-Laureate, Rabindranath Tagore, was adopted by the Constituent
Assembly as the National Anthem of India an 24th January 1950.
It was first sung on 27 December 1911 at the Calcutta session
of the Indian National Congress. The complete song consists of
five stanzas. The first stanza alone constitutes the full version
of the national Anthem, reading as:
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Jana gana mana adhinayaka
jaya he
Bharata bhagya vidhata
Punjab Sindhu Gujarat Maratha
Dravida Utkal Banga
Vindhya Himachal Yammuna Ganga
Uchchala Jaladhi taranga
Tava shubha name jage
Tava shubha ashish maange
Gahe tava jaya gatha
Jana gana mangala dayak jaya he
Bharata bhagya vidhata
Jaya he, jaya he, jaya he
Jaya jaya jaya jaya he. |
The playing time of the National
Anthem is Approximately 52 Seconds.
The following is Tagore's own
English rendering of the stanza:
Thou art the rulers of the minds of all people,
dispenser of India's destiny.
Thy name rouses the hearts of Panjab, Sind, Gujarat and Maratha,
of the Dravida and Orissa and Bengal:
It echoes in the hills of the Vindhyas and Himalayas, mingles
in the music of Yammuna and Ganga
and is chanted by the waves of the Indian Sea.
They pray for thy blessings and Sing thy praise.
The saving of all people waits in thy hand,
thou dispenser of India's destiny,
Victory, victory, victory to thee.
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