India Anthem

1. Verses To The National Anthem
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3. India Anthem Lyrics

Stanza 1 (National Anthem of India) Jana Gana Mana Adhinaayak Jaya Hey, Bhaarat Bhaagya Vidhaataa Panjaab Sindhu Gujarat Maraatha, Draavid Utkal Banga Vindhya Himaachal Yamuna Ganga, Uchchhal Jaladhi Taranga Tav Shubh Naamey Jaagey, Tav Shubh Aashish Maange Gaahey Tav Jayagaathaa Jana Gana Mangal Daayak, Jaya Hey Bhaarat Bhaagya Vidhaataa. Over time, Anthem will develop and expand – introducing unique stories, challenges, and world-shaking events. This world is both beautiful and deadly – and will test you on each expedition you embark on with your Freelancer team.

The national anthem of India, 'Jana Gana Mana,' is sung on many occasions, but particularly on two national holidays—Independence Day (August 15) and Republic Day (January 26).

The song includes the lyrics and music of the first stanza of the Nobel laureate poet Rabindranath Tagore's 'Jana Gana Mana,' written in praise of India. Below are the words of India's national anthem:

This full version of the anthem is about 52 seconds long. There is also a shorter version, which includes only the first and last lines of the full version. The short version of India's national anthem is 20 seconds long:

Tagore translated 'Jana Gana Mana' into English as follows:

By rule, whenever the anthem is sung or played live, the audience should stand at attention. It cannot be indiscriminately sung or played randomly. The full version should be played accompanied by mass singing on the unfurling of the national flag, on cultural occasions, at ceremonial functions, and on arrival of the president of India at any government or public function and also immediately before his departure from such functions.

The National Song of India

Verses To The National Anthem

Equal in status with national anthem is the national song of India, called 'Vande Mataram.' Composed in Sanskrit by Bankimchandra Chattopadhyay, it inspired the people of the nation in their struggle for freedom from British Rule. This song was first sung at the 1896 session of the Indian National Congress and is as follows:

Vande Mataram!
Sujalam, suphalam, malayaja shitalam,
Shasyashyamalam, Mataram!
Vande Mataram!
Shubhrajyotsna pulakitayaminim,
Phullakusumita drumadala shobhinim,
Suhasinim sumadhura bhashinim,
Sukhadam varadam, Mataram!
Vande Mataram, Vande Mataram!

Hindu guru, patriot, and litteratteur Sri Aurobindo translated the song into English prose:

I bow to thee, Mother,
richly watered, richly fruited,
cool with the winds of the south,
dark with the crops of the harvests,
The Mother!
Her nights rejoicing in the glory of the moonlight,
her lands clothed beautifully with her trees in flowering bloom,
sweet of laughter, sweet of speech,
The Mother, giver of boons, giver of bliss.

Song's Role in Independence

'Vande Mataram' was first published in Bankimchandra's novel Ananda Math in 1882 and was set to music by Tagore, the composer of the national anthem. The first couple of words of the song became the slogan of India's nationalist movement. 'Vande Mataram' was the war cry that inspired those working for India's freedom from British rule.

In September 2005, the centenary of 'Vande Mataram' was celebrated at the Red Fort in Delhi. As part of celebrations, an exhibition of rare portraits of martyrs was opened in the Red Fort. Tributes were paid to Madame Bhikaiji Cama, who unfurled the flag of Indian freedom with 'Vande Mataram' inscribed on it at the International Socialist Congress at Stuttgart in Germany in 1907.

Khelo India School Games 2018, a brainchild of Olympian and sports minister Rajyavardhan Rathore, will be held at multiple venues across Delhi from January 31

The union sports ministry’s ambitious programme, ‘Khelo India’ -- an initiative to scout for talent at the grassroots and provide it substantial long-term scholarship – will be launched on January 31.

In the run-up to the launch, Union Sports Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore unveiled the mascots (Vijay the tiger and Jaya the black buck) and launched the anthem “Aur khelna chahte hain hum…Khel mein hi masti hai….khel se abaad honge hum” at a ceremony here in Delhi.

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Speaking on the occasion, Rathore spelt out the plan for 2018, which has high-profile events such as the Commonwealth Games, Asian Games and the hockey World Cup.

The focus of his ministry would be on planning to the minutest detail so that the athletes can achieve their best results in multi-discipline events, the 2004 Athens Olympics medal-winning shooter, said.

Rathore said execution of the plan for athletes will be top class. “I am getting a data base of all Sports Authority of India (SAI) coaches in the country. More than 200 calls are being made to these centres each day to ensure the training of our athletes. Their diet is being adequately taken care of.

“More than 92 per cent of the funding for elite athletes has been cleared. They can train with whoever they want and we have also aligned the funding with the federation so that at no point in time will the athletes suffer on account of funding,” said Rajyavardhan Rathore.

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Khelo India, for which the government has earmarked R1,756 crore over the next five years, aims to take sports to “all parts of the country”, something which schemes such as Panchayat Yuva Krida Aur Khel Abhiyan (PYKKA), Urban Infrastructure Scheme and National Sports Talent Search only achieved partially.

Financial incentive

The plan is to select 1,000 under-17 children each year for the next five years and provide scholarships of R5 lakh each to train them to become potential winners at the international level. “While 17 years is a pretty late age to start, gradually we will bring down the age for talent scouting to 14, or may be 12,” said Rathore.

The minister also announced a scheme whereby personal coaches of players at grassroots level will get 20% and those at the developmental level will get 30% if their ward wins medals in major competitions. “Besides rewarding the national coaches for a player’s performance, we will also reward an athlete’s coach at the grassroots and developmental levels.”

Technology, said Rathore, will play a key role in Khelo India programme. E-coaching will be given to budding sportspersons where they can connect with coaches, physiotherapists, dieticians, etc., who can chart their progress by giving them tips.

First Published: Jan 15, 2018 20:48 IST