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Which Bengali poet wrote the national anthems of both Bangladesh and India?
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The Bengali polymath and Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore holds the unique distinction of having authored the national anthems for both Bangladesh and India.21
He wrote "Amar Sonar Bangla," which was adopted as the national anthem of Bangladesh in 1972, and "Jana Gana Mana," which was adopted as the national anthem of India in 1950.2314