CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Tagore wrote the song on 11 December 1911. Next, day the Delhi durbar-or mass assembly when George V was proclaimed Emperor of India-was held. The song was first sung on 28 December 1911 at the Congress session in Kolkata.

Detailed explanation-2: -The song Jana-gana-mana, composed originally in Bangla by Rabindranath Tagore, was adopted in its Hindi version by the Constituent Assembly as the National Anthem of India on January 24, 1950.

Detailed explanation-3: -Jana Gana Mana is our National Anthem. It was originally composed in Bengali by Rabindranath Tagore and was later adopted as our National Anthem on 24 January 1950. Rabindranath Tagore was a Bengali polymath – poet, writer, composer, philosopher, social reformer as well as great painter.

Detailed explanation-4: -Bangladesh’s national anthem titled “Amar Shonar Bangla” was penned by Rabindranath Tagore in 1905. The melody of the song was adopted from Gagan Harkara’s song “Ami Kothay Pabo Tare”. The Bard of Bengal is also the author of the Indian national anthem “Jana Gana Mana”.