<P> Even the report of the annual session of the Indian National Congress of December 1911 stated this difference: </P> <P> "On the first day of 28th annual session of the Congress, proceedings started after singing Vande Mataram . On the second day the work began after singing a patriotic song by Babu Ravindranath Tagore . Messages from well wishers were then read and a resolution was passed expressing loyalty to King George V. Afterwards the song composed for welcoming King George V and Queen Mary was sung ." </P> <P> On 10 November 1937 Tagore wrote a letter to Mr Pulin Bihari Sen about the controversy . That letter in Bengali can be found in Tagore's biography Ravindrajivani, volume II page 339 by Prabhatkumar Mukherjee . </P> <P> "A certain high official in His Majesty's service, who was also my friend, had requested that I write a song of felicitation towards the Emperor . The request simply amazed me . It caused a great stir in my heart . In response to that great mental turmoil, I pronounced the victory in Jana Gana Mana of that Bhagya Bidhata (ed . God of Destiny) of India who has from age after age held steadfast the reins of India's chariot through rise and fall, through the straight path and the curved . That Lord of Destiny, that Reader of the Collective Mind of India, that Perennial Guide, could never be George V, George VI, or any other George . Even my official friend understood this about the song . After all, even if his admiration for the crown was excessive, he was not lacking in simple common sense ." </P>

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