Jana Gana Mana

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Jana Gana Mana is the national anthem of India, a patriotic song originally composed in Bengali by Rabindranath Tagore.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf national anthem
patriotic song
song
adoptedAsNationalAnthemBy India
adoptionContext Constituent Assembly of India
adoptionDate 1950-01-24
alsoKnownAs Jana Gana Mana Adhinayaka
Jana-gana-mana
associatedWith Independence Day of India
Indian national identity
Republic Day of India
commonlySungPortion first stanza
composer Rabindranath Tagore
country India
creator Rabindranath Tagore
firstPerformanceDate 1911-12-27
firstPerformanceEvent Indian National Congress session
firstPerformancePlace Calcutta
genre anthem
patriotic music
hasNotableRecording All India Radio
Indian Army bands
hasOfficialDuration 52 seconds
hasOpeningWords Jana-gana-mana-adhinayaka jaya he
hasTheme national unity
patriotism
hasVerseCount 5
hasWorkType vocal music
includedIn Tagore’s song collection "Gitanjali" (Bengali songs, not the English poetry book)
inspiredBy idea of a united India
language Bengali
Hindi
Sanskritised Bengali
lyricist Rabindranath Tagore
musicStyle march
nationalAnthemOf India
originalLanguage Bengali
partOf Indian national symbols
placeOfComposition Calcutta
regulatingLaw Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act, 1971
scriptUsed Bengali script
Devanagari script
shortVersionDuration about 20 seconds
subjectMatter praise of India
unity of India
titleLanguage Sanskritised Bengali
usedIn official state functions in India
schools in India
yearComposed 1911


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