I hope this will satisfy the Members. However, the government of the day adopted only the first stanza that describes the diversity and sweep of this great country—the faraway lands, hills, the rivers, and seas. The other four stanzas have since been lost from public memory, only to be revived in recent times by artistes.
The next stanza is about the trials and tribulations, and the wars—both mythological and real—that a great nation must face to forge ahead. The fourth verse talks about the catastrophes—epidemics and natural calamities—that the motherland witnessed and how the Compassionate Mother Snehamayi Mata lead its children to safety through this tortuous path. The final stanza is a rousing invocation to the great Indian civilisation to awaken and find its place in the sun.
A Historic Journey Jana Gana Mana was sung for the first time in a public function on the second day of the annual session of the Indian National Congress on December 27, The official document of the day called " Janaganamana Adhinayaka " a 'patriotic song.
Again at a public function in Kolkata then Calcutta celebrating the Hindu month of ' Magh ' on January 25, , Jana Gana Mana was performed under the guidance of Tagore himself. Soon after its first public rendition in , some newspaper reports suggested, quite outrageously, that Tagore wrote Jan Gan Mana in praise of King George V who was to visit India for the coronation ceremony in Delhi.
But this was roundly refuted by Tagore himself. An exasperated, furious Tagore, in a letter written in , said: "I should only insult myself if I cared to answer those who consider me capable of such unbounded stupidity as to sing in praise of George the Fourth or George the Fifth as the Eternal Charioteer leading the pilgrims on their journeys through countless ages of the timeless history of mankind.
Tagore describes his sentiments at the time thus: "amazement was mingled with anger. Here, he performed it at the college, having translated the song into English, calling it The Morning Song of India. The Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, and his cabinet could not take a decision on this as it was to be done by the Constituent Assembly.
At the time, Vande Mataram was also a frontrunner for the choice of National Anthem. Nehru mentions in a letter that the anthem "was very greatly appreciated, and representatives of many nations asked for a musical score of this new tune which struck them as distinctive and dignified. Can Mamata go national? Successful coalitions at the Centre have been usually headed by leaders with weak power bases. Is a green Diwali possible?
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Explore the experience at g. Between August 1st to 10th, users from across India contributed their voices through the AI experiment. The result was a unique re-creation of the national anthem. Jana-gana-mana-adhinayaka jaya he. Or, in English :.
You, the ruler of our minds, our nation. To you our humble salutations! The poem then begins a virtual tour of pre-independence India , beginning in the north and circling west, mentioning the regions of Punjab, Sindh, Gujarat, Maharashtra, the southern states speaking Dravidian languages, and Odisha and Bengal:.
Tagore refers to features of physical geography as well: the Vindhya and Himalaya mountain ranges and the Yamuna and Ganges rivers.
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