5 lesser-known facts about India’s national anthem
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India`s national anthem ‘Jana Gana Mana’ was adopted from Rabindranath Tagore’s Bengali song ‘Bharoto Bhagyo Bidhata’.
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The original Bengali song has five stanzas. The first stanza was adopted as India’s national anthem.
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The anthem was first sung publicly on December 27, 1911, during the Calcutta Session of the Indian National Congress.
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The Hindi version of the composition was adopted as the ‘National Anthem of India’ on January 24, 1950, through an announcement by Dr Rajendra Prasad.
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The official playing time of ‘Jana Gana Mana’ is 52 seconds. A shorter version, consisting of the first and last lines, has a playing time of 20 seconds.
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