The song Jana-gana-mana,
composed originally in Bengali by Rabindranath Tagore, was
dopted in its Hindi version by the Constituent Assembly
as the national anthem of India on 24 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 contains the full version
of the National Anthem :
Jana-gana-mana-adhinayaka,
jaya he
Bharata-bhagya-vidhata.
Punjab-Sindh-Gujarat-Maratha
Dravida-Utkala-Banga
Vindhya-Himachala-Yamuna-Ganga
Uchchala-Jaladhi-taranga.
Tava
shubha name jage,
Tava
shubha 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!
Playing time of the full
version of the national anthem is approximately 52 seconds.
A short version consisting of first and last lines of the
stanza (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 Vindyas 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.
