Jana Gana Mana
national anthem of India From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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"Jana Gana Mana" (/ˈdʒɑːnə ˈɡɑːnə ˈmɑːnə/; Bengali: জন গণ মন; Hindi: जन गण मन; lit. 'Thou Art the Ruler of the Minds of All People') is the national anthem of India. The original words were written in the Bengali language. It was originally a five-verse poem created in 1911 by Rabindranath Tagore—the same author for the Bangladeshi anthem.[1] In January 1950, just the first verse was made to be officially part of the national anthem of India per the Constituent Assembly of India.[2][3] In addition, the lyrics now contain many words of Sanskrit origin.[4]

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The parenthesis mean that the vowel in them is not usually pronounced (sounded out) in regular speech, but is the case when singing, such as in this song. The title "Jana Gana Mana" is usually just pronounced as "Jan Gan Man"—the short a is pronounced like the a in the English word about. The ā (a with a line above it, or long a), on the other hand, shows that the a is pronounced like the a in the English word father.
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