![]() ![]() She had carefully studied the meaning of each line and composed the musical notes, which Tagore had happily approved.It became a song after the principal’s wife Margaret Cousins gave it a tune.Till then, ‘Jana Gana Mana’ was just a lyric.Cousins, then principal of Besant Theosophical College. Then a nondescript town, Madanapalle got a coveted place in history as Tagore chose to stay with Irish poet James H.It was translated into English as ‘Morning Song of India’ and given a tune on Februduring Tagore’s brief stay at Madanapalle.It is written in high Bengali Sanskrit and is taken from the first five stanzas of a Brahmo Hymn.It was originally composed as Bharoto Bhagyo Bidhata in Bengali by Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore.
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