Indian anthem Jana Gana Mana turns 100  Exactly 100 years ago
‘Jana Gana Mana’ was first sung in Calcutta (Kolkata). ‘Gurudev’
Rabindra Nath Tagore’s song was first performed on December 27,
1911, at the Calcutta session of the Indian National Congress,
which was then a national movement against British rule, not a
political party. It was written in Sanskritized Bengali.  Jana
Gana Mana was selected as the national anthem of India in 1950
after considerable debate, overruled Bankim Chandra
Chattopadhyay’s popular Bengali song Vande Mataram in the face
of Muslim opposition.  Jana Gana Mana has seen millions on their
feet, standing to reverential attention, every time it is
played. We used to sing this song daily in our school.  Rabindra
Nath Tagore is the only individual in the world credited with
the national anthem for two nations, the other being ‘Amar Sonar
Bangla’ that was adopted by Bangladesh. He is the first Asian to
get Nobel Prize in 1913 for Literature. Inspired by Tagore, his
student Ananda Samarak