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The song Jana-gana-mana,
composed originally in Bengali by Rabindranath
Tagore, was adopted in its Hindi version by
the Constituent Assembly as the national anthem
of India on 24 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
contains the full version of the National Anthem
:
Jana-gana-mana-adhinayaka,
jaya he
Bharata-bhagya-vidhata.
Punjab-Sindh-Gujarat-Maratha
Dravida-Utkala-Banga
Vindhya-Himachala-Yamuna-Ganga
Uchchala-Jaladhi-taranga.
Tava shubha name jage,
Tava shubha asisa mage,
Gahe tava jaya gatha,
Jana-gana-mangala-dayaka jaya he
Bharata-bhagya-vidhata.
Jaya he, jaya he, jaya he,
Jaya jaya jaya, jaya he!
Playing
time of the full version of the national anthem
is approximately 52 seconds. A short version
consisting of first and last lines of the stanza
(playing time approximately 20 seconds) is also
played on certain occasions. The following is
Tagore’s English rendering of the anthem
:
Thou art the ruler of the minds of all people,
dispenser of India’s destiny.
Thy name rouses the hearts of Punjab, Sindh,
Gujarat and Maratha,
Of the Dravida and Orissa and Bengal;
It echoes in the hills of the Vindyas and
Himalayas,
mingles in the music of Jamuna and Ganges
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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