Jana Gana Mana (Lang-bn?? ?? ??, J�no G�no Mono) is the national anthem of India. Written in highly Sanskritized (Tatsama) Bengali (Bengali language), it is the first of five stanzas of a Brahmo hymn composed and scored by Nobel laureate (Nobel Prize in Literature) Rabindranath Tagore. It was first sung at the Calcutta Session of the Indian National Congress on 27 December 1911. Jana Gana Mana was officially adopted by the Constituent Assembly as the Indian national anthem on January 24, 1950.

A formal rendition of the national anthem takes fifty-two seconds. A shortened version consisting of the first and last lines (and taking about 20 seconds to play) is also staged occasionally. Tagore wrote down the English translation of the song and along with Margaret Cousins (an expert in European music and wife of Irish poet James Cousins), set down the notation which is followed till this day. It is of interest that another poem by Tagore (Amar Shonar Bangla) is the national anthem of Bangladesh (Amar Shonar Bangla).