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Monday, November 2, 2009

India - National Anthem.



Jana-Gana-Mana,the National Anthem of India ,is written by Rabindranath Tagore in 1911.He wrote it to sing at the 28th annual meeting of Indian National Congress at Calcutta.Out of the five stanzas of the song we sing only the first stanza in 2 seconds.It was approved as the National Anthem by the Consituent Assembly of free India on 24th January 1950.Long before that it was a song of inspiration for millions of Indians who fought aganist the British rule.It was the song that echoed in the Parliament House at midnight on August 14,1947 when India became independent.

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