These notations are largely followed to this day, although several subsequent reinterpretations have been made. It was also here that the song was first translated into English by Tagore as 'The Morning song of India'. And soon it took its place in the 'daily deciation' of the combined school and college of Besant Hall in Madanapalle and is still sung to this date. Cousins became probably the first person to transcribe and preserve Tagore's composition in western sheet music notation at Madanapalle based on the notes provided by Tagore himself. He also made the translation of the song into English as 'The Morning Song of India'.Īnd thus, Mrs. The next day Rabindranath gave the swarams(notes) of 'Jana gana' to Mrs.Cousins so that the melody should have accurate permanent record. We had no idea who or what was to have the victory. We asked for it again and again, and before long we were singing it with gusto: Jaya hai, Jaya hai, Jaya hai, Jaya JayaJayaJaya hai (Victory, victory, victory to thee). The refrain to the second verse made us clear our throats. The refrain to the first made us pick up our ears.

In a voice surprisingly light for so large a man, he sang something like a piece of geography giving a list of countries, mountains and rivers and in the second verse, a list of the religions in India. The whole episode was recorded by Dr.Cousins in his autobiography 'We Two Together': Based on the notes provided by Tagore himself, the song was preserved in 1919 in western notation at Madanapalle of Andhra Pradesh by Mrs. The song enthralled the college students and Margaret Cousins, then vice-principal of the college (also an expert in European music and wife of Irish poet Dr. Outside of Calcutta, the song was first sung by the bard himself at a session in Besant Theosophical College in Madanapalle, Andhra Pradesh on 28 February 1919 when Tagore visited the college and sung the song. In 1917, the song was again performed in Congress conference and this time in aid of instrumental music by the Mahraja Bahadur of Nattore. In 1912, the song was performed by Sarala Devi Chaudhurani, Tagore's niece, along with the group of school students, in front of prominent Congress members like Bishan Narayan Dhar, Indian National Congress President, and Ambika Charan Majumdar. The poem was published in January 1912, under the title Bharat Bhagya Bidhata in the Tatwabodhini Patrika, which was the official publication of the Brahmo Samaj with Tagore then the Editor. Then, it was followed in January 1912 at the annual event of the Adi Brahmo Samaj, however, it was largely unknown except to the readers of the Adi Brahmo Samaj journal, Tattwabodhini Patrika. The song was first publicly sung on the second day of the annual session of the Indian National Congress in Calcutta (now Kolkata) on 27 December 1911. The final form of the song before the first public performance was set on December 11, 1911. The melody of the song, in raga Alhaiya Bilawal, was composed as a Brahmo Hymn by Tagore himself with possibly some help from his musician grand-nephew Dinendranath Tagore. The lyrics of the song first appeared in 5 stanzas in Bengali magazine in an issue of Tatwabodhini patrika. If put forward succinctly, the National Anthem conveys the spirit of pluralism or in more popular term the concept of ‘Unity in Diversity’, which lies at the core of India's cultural heritage.

The parent song, ‘Bharoto Bhagyo Bidhata’ is a Brahmo hymn which has five verses and only the first verse has been adopted as National Anthem. The song was originally composed in Bengali by India's first Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore on December 11, 1911. The National Anthem of India is titled ‘ Jana Gana Mana’.

Jan gan man in hindi