UNESCO Selects INDIA's National Anthem as best one!
Posted On Saturday, September 27, 2008 at at 10:39 PM by Pat
Indian National Anthem "JANA GANA MANA" written and composed by RABINDRA NATH TAGORE has been chosen as the World's Best National Anthem by UNESCO.
JANA GANA MANA written in Sanskritised Bengali, it is the first of the five stanzas of aBrahmo hymn composed and scored by Nobel Laureate Rabindra Nath Tagore.
It was first sung at the Calcutta Session of the Indian National Congress, on 27 December 1911. JANA GANA MANA was officially adopted by the constituent Assembly as the Indian National Anthem on January 24, 1950. The music for the "current version" is said to be derived from a composition for the song by RAM SINGH THAKUR, although some dispute this, A formal rendition of the National Anthem takes about forty-eight to fifty-two seconds.
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