The National Anthem of India

The National Anthem of India consists of the first stanza of the song "Jana Gana Mana", the music and words of which were composed by the Nobel Prize winner Rabindranath Tagore. The National Anthem is one of National Identity Elements of India.

The Constituent Assembly of India adopted Jana Gana Mana as the National Anthem of India on 24 January 1950. Its full version takes a formal playing time of approximately 52 seconds.

The officially recognised version reads as follows:

Jana-gana-mana-adhinayaka jaya he
Bharata-bhagya-vidhata
Punjaba-Sindhu-Gujarata-Maratha
Dravida-Utkala-Banga
Vindhya-Himachala-Yamuna-Ganga
uchchala-jaladhi-taranga
Tava shubha name jage, tava shubha asisa mage,
gahe tava jaya-gatha.
Jana-gana-mangala-dayaka jaya he
Bharata-bhagya-vidhata.
Jaya he, Jaya he, Jaya he,
jaya jaya jaya, jaya he.

A shortened version consists of the first and last lines and takes about 20 seconds to play. It reads as follows:

Jana-gana-mana-adhinayaka jaya he
Bharata-bhagya-vidhata.
Jaya he, Jaya he, Jaya he,
jaya jaya jaya, jaya he.

Tagore's English rendering of the anthem is as follows:

Thou art the ruler of the minds of all people,
Dispenser of India's destiny.
Thy name rouses the hearts of Punjab, Sind,
Gujarat and Maratha,
Of the Dravida and Odisha and Bengal;
It echoes in the hills of the Vindhyas and Himalayas,
mingles in the music of Jamuna and Ganges and is
chanted by the waves of the Indian Sea.
They pray for thy blessings and sing thy praise.
The saving of all people waits in thy hand,
Thou dispenser of India's destiny.
Victory, victory, victory to thee.

The National Anthem in Devanagari script is as follows:

जन-गण-मन अधिनायक जय हे
भारत भाग्य विधाता ।
पंजाब-सिंधु-गुजरात-मराठा
द्राविड़-उत्कल-बंग
विंध्य हिमाचल यमुना गंगा
उच्छल जलधि तरंग
तव शुभ नामे जागे, तव शुभ आशिष मांगे
गाहे तव जय-गाथा ।
जन-गण-मंगलदायक जय हे भारत भाग्य विधाता ।
जय हे, जय हे, जय हे, जय जय जय जय हे ।

The Government of India issues instructions about the correct versions of the anthem, occasions when the anthem is to be sung or played and the need to observe proper decorum when the anthem is performed.

The official instructions, information and guidance are here: http://knowindia.gov.in/knowindia/national_symbols.php?id=6

The correct rendering of the National Anthem can be heard here: http://knowindia.gov.in/myindia/images/jan.mp3