"compositions for consideration, including Benjamin Britten, William Walton, Gian Carlo Menotti and Zubir Said, who later composed ""Majulah Singapura"", the national anthem of Singapore. None were deemed suitable. A few anthems have words by Nobel laureates in literature. The first Asian laureate, Rabindranath Tagore, wrote the words and music of ""Jana Gana Mana"" and ""Amar Shonar Bangla"", later adopted as the national anthems of India and Bangladesh respectively. Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson wrote the lyrics for the Norwegian national anthem ""Ja, vi elsker dette landet"". Other countries had their anthems composed by locally important people. This is the case for Colombia, whose"
"As provided in Section 3 of the Act, whoever intentionally prevents the singing of the Jana Gana Mana or causes disturbances to any assembly engaged in such singing shall be punished with imprisonment for a term, which may extend to three years, or with fine, or with both. As Such the Law recognises all the above cases, as grouped under Section (a)National Flag and Constitution (b)National Anthem, as offences and convicts the Penalties or sentences as follows. The earliest version of the law was passed by the state legislature of Tamil Nadu (then Madras State) in 1957 as a response"
"were aware of this problem, and hoped that Subhas Chandra Bose, the head of the INA and the Provisional Government, would settle it. Lakshmi Sahgal, who was an INA member, favoured the selection of Jana Gana Mana, which was composed by Rabindranath Tagore and had been sung at sessions of the Indian National Congress. She arranged to have it sung at a women's meeting attended by Bose. Bose was taken by the song, which he thought was nationally representative. However, he did however, like that the song was in Sanskritized Bengali and commissioned a free translation in Hindustani. The translation,"
"Bilaval Bilaval or Bilawal () is a raga and the basis for the eponymous ""thaat"" (musical mode) in Hindustani classical music. Raga Bilaval is named after Veraval, Gujarat. The Indian national anthem Jana gana mana is sung in Bilaval. Bilaval had become the basic scale for North Indian music by the early part of the 19th century. Its tonal relationships are comparable to the Western music C major scale. Bilaval appears in the ""Ragamala"" as a ragini of Bhairav, but today it is the head of the Bilaval thaat. The Ragamala names Bilaval as a putra (son) of Bhairav, but"
"set it to music in Madanapalle. The National Anthem was written by Rabindranath Tagore as early as in 1911 and was sung at the annual session of the Indian National Congress at Calcutta on 27 December that year. But it was actually done in Besant Theosophical College, Madanapalle, where Tagore stayed for few days in February 1919 that the now familiar tune was set. It was Margaret Cousins, wife of educationist, Dr. James Henry Cousins, who composed the tune for ""Jana Gana Mana"". Dr.J H Cousins was then the Principal of the Madanapalle College that was established by Dr. Annie"
"the Government may authorise as occasion arises, and the song Vande Mataram, which has played a historic part in the struggle for Indian freedom, shall be honoured equally with Jana Gana Mana and shall have equal status with it. (Applause) I hope this will satisfy members. In 2017, the Supreme Court of India declared that there is no concept of national song of India as per the Constitution. The court also declined a petition from a BJP spokesperson Ashwini Upadhyay that wanted the court to direct the Central government to promote Vande Mataram and to frame a national policy for"
"of the artists in Jana Gana Mana video album composed by A. R. Rahman which was released on 26 January 2000 to mark the 50th year of the Indian Republic. Pattammal who at 80, was the most senior-most among the rest of the other vocal artists in this video album. Pattammal has performed in all major states, sabhas and venues throughout India, as well as numerous destinations around the world, including the United States, Canada, France, Germany, Switzerland, Sri Lanka and other countries. Pattammal's style of singing attracted many students, foremost among them her younger brother D. K. Jayaraman, who"
"Arohana: Sa Re Ga,Ma Pa, Dha Ni Sa' Avrohana: Sa' Ni Dha, Pa, Ma Ga,Re Sa Vadi: Dha Samavadi: Ga Ga Re, Ga Ma Dha Pa, Ma Ga, Ma Re Sa Ga Re Ga Pa, Ni Dha Ni Sa' Sa' Ni Dha Pa Ga Ma Re Sa Morning: ""First prahara of the day"" Bilaval Bilaval or Bilawal () is a raga and the basis for the eponymous ""thaat"" (musical mode) in Hindustani classical music. Raga Bilaval is named after Veraval, Gujarat. The Indian national anthem Jana gana mana is sung in Bilaval. Bilaval had become the basic scale for North"
"Goppa Veluge Charminar Jai Telangana! Jai Jai Telangana!! Jaana Pada Janajeevana Jaavaleela Jaaluvaara kavi gayaka vaitalika kalala mangiralu jathini jagratha pariche geetala jana jatara anunithyam nee gaaanam Amma Neva maa pranam Jai Telangana! Jai Jai Telangana!!2 Godavari Krishnammalu mana bhilaku mallaley Pachani Maa Nelallo Pasidi Sirulu Pandaali Sukhasanthulu Telangana Subhikshamga Undali swarashtramlo telangana swarna yugam kavali Jai Telangana! Jai Jai Telangana!! Jai Telangana! Jai Jai Telangana!! Jaya Jaya He Telangana Jaya Jaya He Telangana Janani Jaya Kethanam is the official state song of the Indian state of Telangana. It is composed by Ande Sri. The writer took seven years to"
"— to protest the 1905 Partition of Bengal along communal lines: cutting off the Muslim-majority East Bengal from Hindu-dominated West Bengal was to avert a regional bloodbath. Tagore saw the partition as a cunning plan to stop the independence movement, and he aimed to rekindle Bengali unity and tar communalism. ""Jana Gana Mana"" was written in ""shadhu-bhasha"", a Sanskritised form of Bengali, and is the first of five stanzas of the Brahmo hymn ""Bharot Bhagyo Bidhata"" that Tagore composed. It was first sung in 1911 at a Calcutta session of the Indian National Congress and was adopted in 1950 by"
"in their honour. Thota Tharini, an artist based out of Madras painted what is now the Vande Mataram logo for the video. There are many versions of this video in circulation. One of the versions has recitation of the words ""Jaya He"" (Victory to thee) four times, instead of three. This fourth time recitation of ""Jaya He"" by Asha Bhosle has been omitted in the corrected version. Jana Gana Mana Video The Jana Gana Mana - Indian National Anthem Video is a 2000 Indian music video, featuring a number of prominent Indian musicians and singers performing the Indian national anthem"
"Apa Pubudu Karan Matha"""". The committee's decision was endorsed by the government on 22 November 1951. The anthem was translated into the Tamil language by M. Nallathamby. ""Namo Namo Matha"" was first sung as Ceylon's official national anthem at the independence day ceremony in 1952. In the late 1950s controversy arose over its first line, """"Namo Namo Matha, Apa Sri Lanka"""". It was deemed to be ""unlucky"" and blamed for the country's misfortunes including the deaths of two prime ministers. In February 1961 the government changed the line to their present form, """"Sri Lanka Matha, Apa Sri Lanka"""", despite Samarakoon's"
"Jaya Jaya He Telangana Jaya Jaya He Telangana Janani Jaya Kethanam is the official state song of the Indian state of Telangana. It is composed by Ande Sri. The writer took seven years to compose 12 stanzas, but only four have been selected as the state song for Telangana state of India. Jaya Jaya Hey Telangana Janani Jaya Kethanam Mukkoti Gonthukalu Okkataina Chethanam Tara Tarala Charitha Gala Thalli neerajanam Padhi Jillala Nee Pillalu Pranamillina Subhatarunam Jai Telangana! Jai Jai Telangana!!2 Pothana Di Puritigadda, Rudrama Di Veeragadda Gandara Gandadu Komaram Bheemude Nee Bidda Kakiteya Kala Prabhala Kanthi Rekha Ramappa Golakonda Nawabula"
"as the national anthem of Ceylon on 22 November 1951, from a committee headed by Sir Edwin Wijeyeratne.Critics attacked Namo Namo Mata, particularly the ""Gana"" significance of the introductory words (Namo Namo Matha) which designate disease and ill luck. Samarakone was not a believer in ""Gana"" and the criticism caused him to write numerous articles counterattacking his critics to defend his composition. However, without his consent, the introductory words were changed to ""Sri Lanka Mathaa"" so that the ""Gana"" significance now would designate victory and prosperity. On 5 April 1962, at the age of fifty one, Samarakoon committed suicide by"
"Matha"" and ""Sri Lanka Matha Pala Yasa Mahima"" were sung, in Sinhala and Tamil, as ""national songs"". More specifically, in 1950 Minister of Finance J. R. Jayewardene requested that the government recognise Samarakoon's ""Namo Namo Matha"" as the official national anthem. The government appointed a committee headed by Edwin Wijeyeratne, Minister of Home Affairs and Rural Development, to pick a new national anthem. The committee heard several songs but, after much deliberation, picked ""Namo Namo Matha"". The committee made a minor change to Samarakoon's song, with his approval, changing the tenth line from """"Nawajeewana Damine"""" to """"Nawa Jeewana Demine Nithina"
"activities, was obliged to dissociate itself from the Madras University and became part of the newly organized National University. Rabindranath Tagore was the chancellor. In 1919, Tagore visited the college and during this time translated the lyrics of the Indian national anthem, ""Jana Gana Mana"", which he had previously written, from Bengali to English. Margaret Cousins (an expert in European music and wife of Irish poet James Cousins, then vice-principal of the college) set down the notation to the national anthem in the college, which is followed only when the song is sung in the original slow rendition style. During"
"Yasa Mahima"", was a controversial selection as it was written by P. B. Elangasinha and the music was by Edrisinghe, both of whom were on the judging panel. Ultimately the government in 1951 selected ""Namo Namo Matha"" to become the national anthem. Edirsinghe then became the founding principal of the Government College of Fine Arts (Music) in October 1953, which is now known as the University of the Visual & Performing Arts. His talents were acknowledged by greats such as Rabindranath Tagore and Mahatma Gandhi. In 1986 he was awarded with the honorary title of 'Kalashoori'. Edirisinghe died on 22"
"Jana Sena Party Jana Sena or Jana Sena Party is an Indian political party in the states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, founded by actor turned politician Pawan Kalyan on 14 March 2014. ""Jana Sena"" means ""People’s Army"" in Telugu. The motto of the party is to ""Fight for the Rights of each and every Common Person"". On 10 March 2014, Pawan Kalyan submitted an application for registering the party name.Pawan Kalyan formally launched the party at Hyderabad Information Technology and Engineering Consultancy City, Madhapur on 14 March 2014. The party has been approved by the election commission on 11"
"Bengali, and is the first of five stanzas of the Brahmo hymn ""Bharot Bhagyo Bidhata"" that Tagore composed. It was first sung in 1911 at a Calcutta session of the Indian National Congress and was adopted in 1950 by the Constituent Assembly of the Republic of India as its national anthem. The Sri Lanka's National Anthem was inspired by his work. For Bengalis, the songs' appeal, stemming from the combination of emotive strength and beauty described as surpassing even Tagore's poetry, was such that the ""Modern Review"" observed that ""[t]here is in Bengal no cultured home where Rabindranath's songs are"
"elections in Telangana will be announced in August. Jana Sena Party Jana Sena or Jana Sena Party is an Indian political party in the states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, founded by actor turned politician Pawan Kalyan on 14 March 2014. ""Jana Sena"" means ""People’s Army"" in Telugu. The motto of the party is to ""Fight for the Rights of each and every Common Person"". On 10 March 2014, Pawan Kalyan submitted an application for registering the party name.Pawan Kalyan formally launched the party at Hyderabad Information Technology and Engineering Consultancy City, Madhapur on 14 March 2014. The party has"
"Jaya Bharata Jananiya Tanujate Jaya Bharata Jananiya Tanujate () is a Kannada poem, which was composed by the Indian national poet Kuvempu. The poem was officially declared the state song of the Indian state of Karnataka on January 6, 2004. The poem envisages a Karnataka that recognises its position in the comity of Indian states, believes in peaceful co-existence with her sisters, but at the same time maintains her self-respect and dignity from a position of confidence and strength rather than insecurity and fear. ಜಯ ಭಾರತ ಜನನಿಯ ತನುಜಾತೆ,ಜಯ ಹೇ ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ಮಾತೆ!ಜಯ ಸುಂದರ ನದಿ ವನಗಳ ನಾಡೇ,ಜಯ ಹೇ ರಸಋಷಿಗಳ ಬೀಡೆ! ಭೂದೇವಿಯ ಮಕುಟದ"
"Rastriya Gaan Rastriya Gaan (Nepali: राष्ट्रिय गान्, ""Rāṣṭriya gān"") was the national anthem of the Kingdom of Nepal until May 19, 2006, after the overthrow of the monarchy. In English it may be glossed as ""May Glory Crown You, Courageous Sovereign"" or ""May Glory Crown Our Illustrious Sovereign."" The music was composed by Bakhat Bahadur Budhapirthi in 1899 (grandfather of musician Louis Banks or Dambar Bahadur Budaprithi), and the lyrics were written by Chakrapani Chalise in 1924. It was adopted in 1962, as a homage to the Nepalese Sovereign and the country's national anthem. The song originally had two stanzas,"
"body of tunes revamped with ""fresh value"" from select Western, Hindustani, Bengali folk and other regional flavours ""external"" to Tagore's own ancestral culture. In 1971, ""Amar Shonar Bangla"" became the national anthem of Bangladesh. It was written — ironically — to protest the 1905 Partition of Bengal along communal lines: cutting off the Muslim-majority East Bengal from Hindu-dominated West Bengal was to avert a regional bloodbath. Tagore saw the partition as a cunning plan to stop the independence movement, and he aimed to rekindle Bengali unity and tar communalism. ""Jana Gana Mana"" was written in ""shadhu-bhasha"", a Sanskritised form of"
"her work, whether as chief singer at the Gandhi centenary commemoration at St Paul’s cathedral in 1969, or with the Hordaland Teater of Bergen, for children in Norway, with whom she worked from 1991 to 1998. He predeceased her. Tanguturi Suryakumari, a singer, actor and dancer, died on 25 April 2005. Suryakumari Suryakumari (13 November 1925 – 25 April 2005), also known by her married name Suryakumari Elvin, was an Indian singer, actress and dancer in Telugu cinema. She sang ""Maa Telugu Thalliki"", the official song of the State of Andhra Pradesh. She was the winner of Miss Madras 1952"
"Sayaun Thunga Phool Ka Sayaũ Thũgā Phūlkā (, ; English: ""Made of Hundreds of Flowers"") is the national anthem of Nepal. It was officially adopted as the anthem on August 3, 2007, amid a ceremony held at the conference hall of National Planning Commission, inside the Singha Durbar, by the speaker of the interim parliament, Mr. Subash Chandra Nemwang. The previous anthem, ""Rastriya Gaan"", had been adopted in 1962, but it was dropped following the abolishment of the monarchy. The lyrics of the National Anthem were penned by the poet Pradeep Kumar Rai, alias Byakul Maila. The music was composed"
"Qaumi Taranah The Qaumi Taranah (, , lit. ""“National Anthem”""), also known as (, , lit. ""“The Sacred Land”""), is the national anthem of Pakistan. Its music was composed by Ahmad G. Chagla in 1949, preceding the lyrics, which were written by Hafeez Jullundhri in 1952. It was officially adopted as Pakistan's national anthem in August 1954 and was recorded in the same year by eleven major singers of Pakistan including Ahmad Rushdi, Kaukab Jahan, Rasheeda Begum, Najam Ara, Naseema Shaheen, Zawar Hussain, Akhtar Abbas, Ghulam Dastagir, Anwar Zaheer, and Akhtar Wasi Ali. In early 1948, ""A. R. Ghani"", a"
"Tibetan National Anthem The Tibetan national anthem (བོད་རྒྱལ་ཁབ་ཆེན་པོའི་རྒྱལ་གླུ།, ""Bod Rgyal Khab Chen Po'i Rgyal Glu""), known as Gyallu, was written by Trijang Rinpoche in 1950. It is used by Tibetan Government in Exile but is strictly banned by the People's Republic of China, including in Tibetan areas. Tibet's first national anthem was, according to Tashi Tsering, written by a famous Tibetan scholar, during the epoch of the seventh Dalai Lama and under the reign of the Pholanas in between 1745-1746. Gyallu is the national anthem of the Tibetan exile government and focuses on the radiance of the Buddha. The words"
"she has released 30 albums in various genre apart from jingles and private songs. S. J. Jananiy Subramanian Jaya Jananiy, also known as Cuddalore Janani and S. J. Janani, is an Indian musician, singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and composer based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. She was bestowed with National Child Award for Exceptional Achievement in 2001 by Government of India. Jananiy was also awarded with Kalai Ilamani Award in 2003 by Government of Tamil Nadu. Jananiy is trained in Carnatic classical music, Hindustani classical music and Western Classical Music. She is also a keyboardist and pianist and plays violin, veena and guitar"
"select Western, Hindustani, Bengali folk and other regional flavours ""external"" to Tagore's own ancestral culture. Scholars have attempted to gauge the emotive force and range of Hindustani ""ragas"": In 1971, ""Amar Shonar Bangla"" became the national anthem of Bangladesh. It was written — ironically — to protest the 1905 Partition of Bengal along communal lines: cutting off the Muslim-majority East Bengal from Hindu-dominated West Bengal was to avert a regional bloodbath. Tagore saw the partition as a cunning plan to stop the independence movement, and he aimed to rekindle Bengali unity and tar communalism. ""Jana Gana Mana"" was written in"
"S. Janaki Sistla Janaki (born 23 April 1938), popularly known as S. Janaki, is an Indian playback singer and occasional music-composer from Andhra Pradesh. She is one of the best-known playback singers in South India and has recorded 48,000 songs in 17 languages including those native to India and also languages such as Japanese and German. Starting in 1957, her career has spanned six decades. She has won four National Film Awards and 33 different State Film Awards. Widely acclaimed as one of the most versatile singers, her association with singer S. P. Balasubrahmanyam and composer Ilaiyaraaja is well known."
"In 2017 his ""Mersal (film)"" music's background score has impressed one and all. Rahman has also been involved in non-film projects. ""Vande Mataram"", an album of original compositions released for India's 50th anniversary of its independence in 1997, is one of India's bestselling non-film albums. He followed it with an album for the Bharat Bala–directed video ""Jana Gana Mana"", a collection of performances by leading exponents and artists of Indian classical music. Rahman has written advertising jingles and orchestrations for athletic events, television and Internet media, documentaries and short films, frequently using the Czech Film Orchestra and the Chennai Strings"
"Vaishnava Jana To Vaishnava Jana To is a Hindu bhajan, written in the 15th century by the poet Narsinh Mehta in the Gujarati language. The poem speaks about the life, ideals and mentality of a Vaishnava Jana (a follower of Vishnu). In 1999, this song was rendered in a single album by artists such as classical vocalists Gangubai Hangal and Pandit Jasraj, pop singer Remo Fernandes and also including Sarod musician Amjad Ali Khan, Pandit Narayan on the sarangi, flute musician Hariprasad Chaurasia and santoor exponent Shivkumar Sharma played an instrumental rendition. Along with ""Raghupati Raghava Raja Ram"", the song"
"Aegukka ""Aegukka"" (Chosŏn'gŭl: 애국가, ) officially translated as the ""Patriotic Song"" is the national anthem of North Korea. It was composed in 1945 as a patriotic song celebrating independence from Imperial Japanese occupation and was adopted as the state anthem in 1947. ""Aegukka"" is a Romanized transliteration of ""The Patriotic Song""; the song is also known by its incipit ""Ach'imŭn pinnara"" or ""Let Morning Shine"" or alternatively as the ""Song of a Devotion to a Country"". The ""Encyclopedia of Korean Culture"" defines ""Aegukka"" as ""the song to wake up the mind to love the country"". ""Aegukka"" in itself is differentiated"