Yes, Rabindranath Tagore wrote “Jana Gana Mana,” India’s national anthem. It is the first stanza of his Bengali poem “Bharoto Bhagyo Bidhata,” which he set to music. The song was first presented publicly at a session of the Indian National Congress in Calcutta (now Kolkata) on December 27, 1911. India’s first president, Rajendra Prasad, officially declared it as the national anthem on January 24, 1950. Tagore’s song “Amar Sonar Bangla” (“My Golden Bengal”) was later adopted as Bangladesh’s national anthem.
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