National Insignia & Other Facts

 

NATIONAL ANTHEME

·        Jana Gana Mana is the National Antheme Of India.

·        Written in Bengali, It is the first of five stanzas of Brahmo hymn composed by Rabindranath Tagore.

·        It was first sung at the Calcutta Session of the Indian National Congress on 27 December, 1911.

·      Jana Gana Mana was officially adopted by the Constituent Assembly on January 24, 1950.

·      The complete song consists of five stanzas.

·      Anthem is approximately 52 seconds. First and last stanza is approximately 20 seconds.

·      The song published in January, 1912 under the title ‘Bharat Vidhata’ in the ‘Tatya Bodhini’ patrika edited by Tagore himself.

·      The song is translated in English by Tagore in 1919 under the title ‘Morning song of India’.

NATIONAL SONG

·        Vande Mataram (English Traslate: ‘Bow to thee Mother’) is the national song of India.

·        The song is composed by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay in his book Anandamatha in the year 1882 in sanaskrit.

·        At first it was sung at the Calcutta Session of Indian National Congress in 1896.

·        Its English translate was rendered by Sri Aurobinda Ghosh.

NATIONAL EMBLEM

 

·        The Emblem of india is an adaption from the Sarnath Lion Capital of Ashoka.

·        Forming an integral part of the Emblem which is the motto inscribe below the abacus in Devanagari script: Satyameva Jayate (English : ‘Truth Alone Triumphs’).

·        It was adopted as the National Emblem of India on 26 January , 1950, the day that india became a republic.