INDIAN HISTORY

HISTORY

MODERN INDIA

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who of the following has the distinction of having Authored the National Anthems of two countries of the world?
A
TS Eliot
B
WB Yeats
C
Rabindranath Tagore
D
Mohammad Iqbal
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Ravindranath Tagore had written National anthem of two countries and those are India and Bangladesh.

Detailed explanation-2: -Rabindra Nath Tagore wrote the national anthem for both India and Bangladesh.

Detailed explanation-3: -New Zealand is one of only two countries in the world-the other being Denmark-with two official national anthems of equal status: ‘God Defend New Zealand’ and, of course, ‘God Save The Queen’.

Detailed explanation-4: -Most of the best-known national anthems were written by little-known or unknown composers such as Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle, composer of “La Marseillaise” and John Stafford Smith who wrote the tune for “The Anacreontic Song", which became the tune for the U.S. national anthem, “The Star-Spangled Banner".

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