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Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941)
December 27th 1911: Jana Gana Mana first sung
On this day in 1911, the Indian national anthem ('Jana Gana Mana') was first sung in the Calcutta Session of the Indian National Congress. The song was written by Rabindranath Tagore, who went on to win the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913. The anthem was first sung a few days before King George V was to arrive in India, and some reporters erroneously claimed it was a tribute to him, rather than a celebration of India. ‘Jana Gana Mana’ was officially adopted as the Indian national anthem on January 24th 1950.
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