December 27 marks 102 years of India's national anthem. It's the day 'Jana Gana Mana' was first sung in 1911 at the Calcutta Session of the Indian National Congress.
‘Gurudev’ Rabindra Nath Tagore’s song was first performed on December 27, 1911, at the Calcutta session of the Indian National Congress, which was then a national movement against British rule, not a political party. It was written in Sanskritized Bengali.
Jana Gana Mana was selected as the national anthem of India in 1950 after considerable debate, overruled Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay’s popular Bengali song Vande Mataram in the face of Muslim opposition
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