India's National Anthem is best in the world: UNESCO

New Delhi, SVM News, September 27, 2008: It is being said that UNESCO announces the Indian national Anthem "Jana Gana Mana ...." is the best National Anthem in the world.

Jana Gana Mana is worthy to be the best national anthem in the world.

It was written in Sanskritised Bengali, it is the first of five stanzas of a Brahmo hymn composed and scored by Nobel laureate Rebinder Nath Tagore.

It was first sung at the Calcutta Session of the Indian National Congress, on 27 December 1911. The Constituent Assembly of India (Vol.XII, 24-1-1950) officially adopted this song as the Indian National Anthem on 24 January 1950.

The music for the current version is said to be derived from a composition for the song by Ramsing Thakur, although some dispute this.

A formal rendition of Jana Gana Mana takes about forty-eight to fifty-two seconds.

INDIA'S NATIONAL ANTHEM

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Jana Gana Mana Adhinayaka Jaya He
Bharata Bhagya Vidhata

Punjaba Sindhu Gujaratha Marata
Dravida Utkala Banga
Vindhya Himachala Yamuna Ganga
Ucchala Jaladhy Taranga

Tava Subha Name Jage
Tava Subha Asisa Mage
Gahe Tava Jaya Gatha

Jana Gana Mangala Dayaka Jaya He
Bharata Bhagya Vidhata

Jaya He Jaya He Jaya He
Jaya Jaya Jaya Jaya He
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The English rendition of the song goes like the following:

Thou art the ruler of the minds of all people
Oh! Dispenser of India's destiny

Thy name rouses the hearts of Punjab, Sindh, Gujarat, Maratha,
of the Dravid, and Orissa and Bengal;
It echoes in the hills of the Vindhyas and Himalayas,
it mingles in the music of the Jamuna and the Ganges
and is chanted by the waves of the Indian sea.

They chant only thy name.
They seek only thy auspicious blessings.
They sing only the glory of thy victory.
The salvation of all people waits in thy hands.

Thou art the ruler of the minds of all people
Oh! Dispenser of India's destiny.

Victory to thee, Victory to thee, Victory to thee,
Victory, Victory, Victory, Victory to thee!.

(by Paul Ciniraj Mohamed, A humble Indian, but proud of being an Indian)