Jana Gana Mana is the national anthem of India. It was written in Bengali by the poet Rabindranath Tagore, who later received the Nobel Prize in Literature, and was first sung at a session of the Indian National Congress in Calcutta in December 1911. Its text was first published in a Brahmo Samaj journal in 1912. The song addresses the dispenser of India's destiny and mentions regions across the country. The Constituent Assembly adopted the Hindi version of its first stanza as the national anthem on 24 January 1950, shortly before India became a republic. Tagore also wrote the words of Bangladesh's national anthem, Amar Shonar Bangla.
Before and after
- from 10 October 1911 to 12 February 1912Xinhai Revolution
- from 10 October 1911 to 1 December 1911Wuchang Uprising
- 3 November 1911Founding of Chevrolet
- 11 December 1911Birth of Naguib Mahfouz
- 11 December 1911Publication of Jana Gana Mana
- 14 December 1911Amundsen reaches the South Pole
- from January 1912 to August 1912Albanian revolt of 1912
- from 1 January 1912 to 7 December 1949Republic of China
- from 1912 to 1991Founding of Pravda
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