
įor the first time, it was publicly sung on the second day of the annual session of the Indian National Congress in Calcutta (now Kolkata) on 27 December 1911. The final form of the song before the first public performance was set on 11 December 1911. The melody of the song, in raga Alhaiya Bilawal, was composed as a Brahmo hymn by Tagore-and possibly some help from his grand-nephew Dinendranath Tagore. The lyrics first appeared in five stanzas in a Bengali magazine in an issue of Adi Brahmo Samaj journal Tatwabodhini Patrika. It conveys the spirit of pluralism, which lies at the core of India's cultural heritage. The lyrics are derived from the first verse of " Bharoto Bhagyo Bidhata", a Brahmo hymn of five verses. On 11 December 1911, India's first Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore composed the melody for "Jana Gana Mana" and originally wrote the lyrics in Bengali.
