National+Anthem

=NATIONAL ANTHEM AND NATIONAL SONG OF INDIA =

National Anthem:
The national anthem of India is called "Jana Gana Mana." It was written by Rabindranath Tagore in Sanskritized Bengali. December 27, 1911, was the first time this song was every sung. On January 24, 1950, it was officially made the national anthem of Indi a. It was chosen over the national song of India called "Vande Mataram."

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> > ভারতভাগ্যবিধাতা > >  পঞ্জাব সিন্ধু গুজরাট মরাঠা > > দ্রাবিড় উৎ‍‌কল বঙ্গ > > বিন্ধ্য হিমাচল যমুনা গঙ্গা > > উচ্ছল জলধি তরঙ্গ > > তব শুভ নামে জাগে > > তব শুভ আশিস মাগে > > গাহে তব জয়গাথা > > জনগণমঙ্গলদায়ক জয় হে > > ভারতভাগ্যবিধাতা > > জয় হে, জয় হে, জয় হে, > > জয় জয় জয়, জয় হে॥ || > <span style="color: #808080; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Jônogônomono-odhinaeoko jôeô he > > <span style="color: #808080; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> Bharotobhaggobidhata > > <span style="color: #808080; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Pônjabo Shindhu Gujoraṭo Môraṭha > > <span style="color: #808080; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Drabiṛo Utkôlo Bônggo > > <span style="color: #808080; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Bindho Himachôlo Jomuna Gôngga > > <span style="color: #808080; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Uchchhôlo jôlodhi toronggo > > <span style="color: #808080; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Tôbo shubho name jage > > <span style="color: #808080; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Tôbo shubho ashish mage > > <span style="color: #808080; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Gahe tôbo jôeogatha > > <span style="color: #808080; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Jônogônomonggolodaeoko jôeô he > > <span style="color: #808080; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Bharotobhaggobidhata > > <span style="color: #808080; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Jôeo he, jôeo he, jôeo he, > > <span style="color: #808080; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">jôeo jôeo jôeo, jôeo he || <span class="Unicode" style="color: #808080; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; text-decoration: none;">Jana gaṇa mana adhināyaka jaya he
 * <span style="color: #404040; display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; text-align: center;">Bengali Script || <span style="color: #404040; display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; text-align: center;">Bengali Phonemic Transcription || <span style="color: #404040; display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; text-align: center;">NLK Transliteration || <span style="color: #404040; display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; text-align: center;">English Translation ||
 * > <span style="color: #808080; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">জনগণমন-অধিনায়ক জয় হে.

<span class="Unicode" style="color: #808080; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; text-decoration: none;">Bhārata bhāgya vidhātā

<span class="Unicode" style="color: #808080; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; text-decoration: none;">Pañjāba Sindhu Gujarāṭa Marāṭhā

<span class="Unicode" style="color: #808080; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; text-decoration: none;">Drāviḍa Utkala Vaṅga

<span class="Unicode" style="color: #808080; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; text-decoration: none;">Vindhya Himāchala Yamunā Gaṅgā

<span class="Unicode" style="color: #808080; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; text-decoration: none;">Ucchala jaladhi taraṅga

<span class="Unicode" style="color: #808080; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; text-decoration: none;">Tav śubha nāme jāge

<span class="Unicode" style="color: #808080; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; text-decoration: none;">Tav śubha āśiṣa māge

<span class="Unicode" style="color: #808080; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; text-decoration: none;">Gāhe taba jaya gāthā

<span class="Unicode" style="color: #808080; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; text-decoration: none;">Jana gaṇa maṅgala dāyaka jaya he

<span class="Unicode" style="color: #808080; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; text-decoration: none;">Bhārata bhāgya vidhāta

<span class="Unicode" style="color: #808080; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; text-decoration: none;">Jaya he, jaya he, jaya he

<span class="Unicode" style="color: #808080; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; text-decoration: none;">Jaya jaya jaya, jaya he! || <span style="color: #808080; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Thou art the ruler of the minds of all people,

<span style="color: #808080; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Dispenser of India's destiny.

<span style="color: #808080; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Thy name rouses the hearts of Punjab, Sindh,

<span style="color: #808080; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Gujarat and Maratha,

<span style="color: #808080; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Of the Dravida and Orissa and Bengal;

<span style="color: #808080; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">It echoes in the hills of the Vindhyas and Himalayas,

<span style="color: #808080; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">mingles in the music of Jamuna and Ganges and is

<span style="color: #808080; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">chanted by the waves of the Indian Ocean.

<span style="color: #808080; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">They pray for thy blessings and sing thy praise.

<span style="color: #808080; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">The saving of all people waits in thy hand,

<span style="color: #808080; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Thou dispenser of India's destiny.

<span style="color: #808080; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">victory, victory, victory to thee. ||

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<span style="color: #808080; display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; text-align: center;">The original composition of Jana Gana M<span style="color: #808080; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">ana had five verses, as opposed to the famous one verse that is in the Indian national anthem. The video above includes all five verses, sung by different singers.

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<span style="color: #808080; display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; text-align: center;">The national anthem is close to each and every Indian's h<span style="color: #808080; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">eart. Even Indians living in other countries remember this song. The Indian film industry, Bollywood, also includes the national anthem in some of its films. The above video is a clip from a famous Bollywood movie called "Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham." In this clip, a young Indian who lives in a Western country is singing the national anthem along with his classmates while his Indian family proudly watches.

<span style="color: #404040; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">National Song:
<span style="color: #808080; display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; text-align: center;">The national song of India is "Vande Mataram." Vande Mataram means "I bow to thee, mother."Vande Mataram" was written in 1882, in a novel called "Anandamath" by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay. The languages it was written in are Bengali and Sanskrit. It could have been the official national anthem of India however it was not chosen, and instead "Jana Gana Mana" was chosen. "Vande Mataram" is a hymn to one of the Hindu Goddess's named Durga. Vande Mataram was not chosen as the national anthem because all the other religions in India objected that the national anthem of their country would be a hymn to a Hindu Goddess.


 * <span style="color: #404040; display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; text-align: center;">Bengali Script || <span style="color: #404040; display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; text-align: center;">Bengali Phonemic Transcription || <span style="color: #404040; display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; text-align: center;">NLK Transliteration || <span style="color: #404040; display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; text-align: center;">English Translation ||
 * <span style="color: #808080; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">বন্দে মাতরম্ ৷

<span style="color: #808080; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> সুজলাং সুফলাং

<span style="color: #808080; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">মলয়জশীতলাম্

<span style="color: #808080; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">শস্যশ্যামলাং

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<span style="color: #808080; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">বন্দে মাতরম্ ৷

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<span style="color: #808080; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">দ্রুমদলশোভিনীম্,

<span style="color: #808080; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">সুহাসিনীং

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<span style="color: #808080; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">সুখদাং বরদাং

<span style="color: #808080; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">মাতরম্ ৷৷

<span style="color: #808080; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">বন্দে মাতরম্ ৷ || > <span style="color: #808080; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">bônde matorom > > <span style="color: #808080; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">shujolang shupholang > > <span style="color: #808080; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">môloyôjoshitolam > > <span style="color: #808080; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">shoshsho shêmolang > > <span style="color: #808080; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">matorom > > <span style="color: #808080; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">bônde matorom > > <span style="color: #808080; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">shubhro jotsna > > <span style="color: #808080; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">pulokito jaminim > > <span style="color: #808080; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">phullo kushumito > > <span style="color: #808080; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">drumodôloshobhinim > > <span style="color: #808080; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">shuhashinim > > <span style="color: #808080; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">shumodhuro bhashinim > > <span style="color: #808080; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">shukhodang bôrodang > > <span style="color: #808080; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">matorom > > <span style="color: #808080; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">bônde matorom || > <span style="color: #808080; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> vande mātaram > > <span style="color: #808080; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> sujalāṃ suphalāṃ > > <span style="color: #808080; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> malayajaśītalām > > <span style="color: #808080; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> śasya śyāmalāṃ > > <span style="color: #808080; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> mātaram > > <span style="color: #808080; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> vande mātaram > > <span style="color: #808080; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> śubhra jyotsnā > > <span style="color: #808080; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> pulakita yāminīm > > <span style="color: #808080; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> phulla kusumita > > <span style="color: #808080; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> drumadalaśobhinīm > > <span style="color: #808080; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> suhāsinīṃ > > <span style="color: #808080; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> sumadhura bhāṣiṇīm > > <span style="color: #808080; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> sukhadāṃ varadāṃ > > <span style="color: #808080; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> mātaram > > <span style="color: #808080; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> vande mātaram || <span style="color: #808080; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">I show gratitude to thee, Mother,

<span style="color: #808080; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">richly-watered, richly-fruited,

<span style="color: #808080; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">cool with the winds of the south,

<span style="color: #808080; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">dark with the crops of the harvests,

<span style="color: #808080; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">The Mother!

<span style="color: #808080; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Her nights rejoicing in the glory of the moonlight,

<span style="color: #808080; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">her lands clothed beautifully with her trees in flowering bloom,

<span style="color: #808080; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">sweet of laughter, sweet of speech,

<span style="color: #808080; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">The Mother, giver of boons, giver of bliss. ||

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<span style="color: #808080; display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; text-align: center;">This is the original Vande Mataram song. There have been few songs made in the past years that have altered this song and made a remix version of it. Above is the original song and below is a song called "Maa Tujhe Salaam" which is an alteration of the famous original song, by famous singer, songwriter, composer, record producer, and music director, A.R. Rahman. He composed his version of the song in 1997 in celebration of 50 years of India's Independence. He was named "Mozart of Madras" by Time Magazine.

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<span style="color: #808080; display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; text-align: center;">Below is a video from a Bollywood movie called "Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham." This is a song called "Vande Mataram" but is very different from the original national song of India.

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