National Anthem

National Anthem

The song Jana-gana-mana, composed originally in Bengali by Rabindra Nath Tagore, was adopted in its Hindi version by the Constituent Assembly as the National Anthem of India on January 24, 1950. It was first sung on December 27, 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
Punjaba-Sindhu-Gujarata-Maratha
Dravida- Utkala-Banga
Vindhya-Himachala-Yamuna-Ganga
Uchchala-jaladhi-taranga
Tava shubha name jage,
Tava subha 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!

जनगणमन अधिनायक जय हे, भारतभाग्यविधाता।
 पंजाब सिंध गुजरात मराठा, द्रविड़ उत्कल बंग।
 विंध्य हिमाचल यमुना गंगा, उच्छल जलधि तरंग।
 तव शुभ नामे जागे, तव शुभ आशिष मागे।
 गाहे तव जयगाथा।
 जनगणमंगलदायक जय हे, भारतभाग्यविधाता।
 जय हे, जय हे, जय हे, जय जय जय जय हे॥


The playing time of the full version of the National Anthem is approximately 52 seconds. A short version consisting of the first and last lines of the National Anthem(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,
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 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.