Jana Gana Mana: India National Anthem - GK Notes

• Janagana mana is composed in Bengali by poet Rabindranath Tagore.

• The complete song of Janagana mana consists of 5 stanzas.

• The first stanza of the song Bharata Bhagya Bidhata was adopted by the Constituent Assembly of India as the National Anthem on 24 January 1950.

• The first political occasion in which Janaganamana sung was the Calcutta Session of the Indian National Congress in 1911.

• Janaganamana was first published in the journal, Tattwabodhini Patrika in 1912 under the title 'Bharat Vidhata'.

• A formal rendition of national anthem is completed in 52 seconds.

• A shortened version consisting of the first and last lines of national anthem is sung in 20 seconds.

• English translation of Janaganamana was made by Rabindranath Tagore under the title The Morning Song of India.

• Rabindranath Tagore wrote Janaganamana at the request of his intimate friend Ashutosh Choudhary who was a judge of Kolkata High court.

• The English translation of national anthem begins with the words: Thou art the ruler....

• The region mentioned in the national anthem which at present not a part of India is Sind. 

• Capt.Ram Singh Thakur composed the tune for  Janaganamana.

Video: Rabindranath Tagore singing Janaganamana