"Jana Gana Mana", the Indian National Anthem, was originally composed as Bharoto Bhagyo Bidhata in Bengali by Rabindranath Tagore in 1911.

The National Portal of India website and the Embassy of India in Finland and Estonia confirms the statement.

The National Portal of India website and the Embassy of India in Finland and Estonia confirms the statement.The Indian National Anthem was originally composed in Bengali by Rabindranath Tagore. It was first publicly sung on 27 December 1911 at the Calcutta Session of the Indian National Congress. Later, on 24 January 1950, it was adopted in Hindi version by the Constituent Assembly as the National Anthem of India. It is consistent with the report published by News18.

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