<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> `` 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>
11 ) when the jana-gana-mana adopted by the constituent assembly as the national anthem
11 ) when the jana-gana-mana adopted by the constituent assembly as the national anthem
24 January 1950
24 January 1950