27 December - Jana Gana Mana first publicly sung in 1911

 

Jana Gana Mana, the national anthem of India, was first publicly sung on December 27, 1911. The occasion was the Indian National Congress session held in Calcutta (now Kolkata). The anthem was written by Rabindranath Tagore, who later won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913 for his collection of poems, including the one that became the national anthem. Jana Gana Mana was officially adopted as the national anthem of India in 1950 when the country became a republic.