<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> <P> "Jana Gana Mana" (Hindi: (ɟənə gəɳə mənə)) is the national anthem of India . It was originally composed as Bharoto Bhagyo Bidhata in Bengali by poet Rabindranath Tagore . The first stanza of the song Bharoto Bhagyo Bidhata in its Hindi version was adopted by the Constituent Assembly of India as the National Anthem on 24 January 1950 . A formal rendition of the national anthem takes approximately fifty - two seconds . A shortened version consisting of the first and last lines (and taking about 20 seconds to play) is also staged occasionally . It was first publicly sung on 27 December 1911 at the Calcutta (now, Kolkata) Session of the Indian National Congress . </P> <P> A separate poem, Vande Mataram, was created "national song" of India during both the colonial period and after independence in 1950 . </P>

When was jana gana mana accepted as national anthem