27-December... First public singing of the Indian National anthem...


The song "Jana Gana Mana", Indian National anthem, composed by Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore, was resonated in public for the first time on this day (27-dec) in 1911... 

In 1911 Indian National Congress session in Calcutta session was a significant gathering during the Indian Independence movement... "Jana Gana Mana", the first stanza of the Bengali Brahmo hymn 'Bharoto Bhagyo Bidhata' written by Rabindranath Tagore in 1911, was first sung publicly at this event...

The occasion added a cultural and emotional dimension to the political discussions, emphasizing the unity and diversity of India...  

The song was later translated into Hindi and the Hindi version was adopted by Constituent Assembly as Indian National Anthem on 24-January-1950...

In 2011, India Post honored Rabindranath Tagore, who composed "Jana Gana Mana", the National anthem of India with the release of a 5-rupees postage stamp...  

The text in Hindi on the stamp translates to... 

          रवीन्द्रनाथ ठाकुर - Rabindranath Tagore
          भारत - India

This stamp can be collected under the following themes: 


(a) Poets / Writers / Authors...
(b) Literature...
(c) Literary works...
(d) Nobel Laureates...
(e) National Anthem...
(f) Beard...

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