There is a false statement on the internet that UNESCO declared our National Anthem as the best in the world but in an interview, UNESCO denied the statement and said that they did not say.ģ. Because he mentioned in a letter clearly dated on 19th March 1939, that he is not stupid to praise George IV or George V.Ģ. The false myth that Jana Gana Mana was written and composed by Tagore to praise George IV, who came to India in 1911. Some Interesting Facts About Our National Anthemġ. On 27th December 2011 marks an important date by achieving 100 years for our National Anthem – Jana Gana Mana from the time it was sung for the first time. The song was performed by the house orchestra in front of a meeting of representatives from around the world. Members of the Indian delegation to the United Nations General Assembly held in New York in 1947 registered Jana Gana Mana as the national anthem of the country.
The session ended with a unanimous representation of Jana Gana Mana. On the occasion of the liberation of India, the Constituent Assembly of India met for the first time as a sovereign body on August 14, 1947, at midnight. It was also the official song of The Doon School, Dehradun.
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The university adopted the translation of the Tagore song as a prayer song that is sung until now.īefore being the National Anthem of India, “Jana Gana Mana” was heard in the movie Hamrahi (1945). Tagore translated the work into English on February 28, 1919, entitled The Morning Song of India. The national anthem, which is only followed when the song is sung in the original slow-acting style. Then deputy director of the university (also an expert in European music and wife of the Irish poet James Cousins), asked Tagore to create an English translation of the song and establish the musical notation. The song was first sung outside the Calcutta by the poet himself during a session at the Besant Theosophical College in Madanapalle, Andhra Pradesh, on 28th Feb 1919, when Tagore went to college and sang the song captivated to the students while Margaret Cousins.
In 1912, the song was performed by Sarala Devi Chowdhurani, Tagore’s niece, along with a group of students, in front of Congress figures such as Bishan Narayan Dhar, president of the Indian National Congress, and Ambika Charan Majumdar. In Feb 1905, the poem was published under the title Bharat Bhagya Bidhata in the Tatwabodhini Patrika, which was the official publication of Brahmo Samaj with Tagore. The poem was first publicly recited on the second day of the annual session of the Indian National Congress in Calcutta (now Kolkata) on 27th December 1911, and again in January 1912 at the annual Adi Brahmo Samaj. We give respect for our national anthem by standing up whenever it is played, it is a symbolic representation of our respect towards our nation. Tava shubha name jage, tava shubha asisa mage,