<P> "There is no provision of law which obliges anyone to sing the National Anthem nor is it disrespectful to the National Anthem if a person who stands up respectfully when the National Anthem is sung does not join the singing . Proper respect is shown to the National Anthem by standing up when the National Anthem is sung . It will not be right to say that disrespect is shown by not joining in the singing . Standing up respectfully when the National Anthem is sung but not singing oneself clearly does not either prevent the singing of the National Anthem or cause disturbance to an assembly engaged in such singing so as to constitute the offence mentioned in s . 3 of the Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act". </P> <P> On 30 November 2016, Supreme Court of India ordered the National Anthem must be played before movies in theaters, in order to instill "committed patriotism and nationalism". On February 10, 2017, 2 Kashmiris were booked for not standing during anthem in Jammu Cinema, under provisions of the Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act, 1971 . This was the first arrest of its kind made by a state government in India . In January 2018, the government reversed its stance and requested that the Supreme Court rescind the order until a government panel could consider the issue in more depth; the court agreed, and so around 9 January 2018 the National Anthem ceased being compulsory in movie theaters . </P> <P> The composition was first sung during a convention of the Indian National Congress in Calcutta on 27 December 1911 . It was sung on the second day of the convention, and the agenda of that day devoted itself to a loyal welcome of George V on his visit to India . The event was reported thus in the British Indian press: </P> <P> "The Bengali poet Rabindranath Tagore sang a song composed by him specially to welcome the Emperor ." (Statesman, Dec. 28, 1911) </P>

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