National Anthem

The 'Jana Gana Mana', written and composed by Nobel-Laureate, Rabindranath Tagore, was adopted by the Constituent Assembly as the National Anthem of India an 24th 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 alone constitutes the full version of the national Anthem, reading as:

Jana gana mana adhinayaka jaya he

Bharata bhagya vidhata

Punjab Sindhu Gujarat Maratha

Dravida Utkal Banga

Vindhya Himachal Yammuna Ganga

Uchchala Jaladhi taranga

Tava shubha name jage

Tava shubha ashish maange

Gahe tava jaya gatha

Jana gana mangala dayak jaya he

Bharata bhagya vidhata

Jaya he, jaya he, jaya he

Jaya jaya jaya jaya he.

The playing time of the National Anthem is Approximately 52 Seconds.

The following is Tagore's own English rendering of the stanza:

Thou art the rulers of the minds of all people,

dispenser of India's destiny.

Thy name rouses the hearts of Panjab, Sind, Gujarat and Maratha,

of the Dravida and Orissa and Bengal:

It echoes in the hills of the Vindhyas and Himalayas, mingles in the music of Yammuna and Ganga

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.