How did the Jana Gana Man become a popular song among the nationalists? The song Jana Gana Mana had been published under the title Bharat vidhata in the magazine Tattvabodhini Patrika in January 1912. In 1917, at the conference of the INC at Calcutta it was sung for a second time by Sarla Devi Chawdharani, the niece of Rabindra Nath Tagore. Musical notes were provided by Maharaja Bahadur of Nattore. Tagore had penned the song in 1911 and it had been sung on that occasion too at the INC session (Calcutta) by Sarla Devi. Annie Besant was the president of the INC in 1917. She was also the President of the Theosophical Society. when the song was sung by In 1919, Tagore spent five days at the Theosophical College at Madanapalle in Andhra Pradesh. The Irish poet James H. Cousins was the principal. On the evening of February 28, 1919, the poet, for the first time, sang the inspiring devotional song and enthralled the college authorities, who selected it as the prayer song. This would have been the first large scale public approval for the song outside of the Congress circles. Tagore subsequently translated the lyrics into English and with the help of Cousins wife, Margaret, who was an expert in western music, set down the notation which is being followed till today. The many alternate renditions of the song by various artists in India simply dont match with the original.
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