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The Constituent Assembly adopted the national anthem on
(A) 24 January 1950
(B) 26 January 1950
(C) 30 January 1950
(D) 26 November 1949

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Hint: On the same day that is January 24, 1950, in the Constituent Assembly, the President, Dr. Rajendra Prasad, made a declaration that "the song Vande Mataram (National song), which has played a historic role in the struggle for Indian independence, will be honoured equally with "Jana Gana Mana" and will have equal status with it.

Complete answer:
'Jana Gana Mana', the national anthem of India, portrays the religious and cultural plurality and solidarity of the world. It is a composition that carries a certain feeling, reverberating in unison.

Rabindranath Tagore was published in 1911 the Indian national anthem 'Jana Gana Mana Adhinayaka'. He was a Bengali poet, composer, story writer, and many more. He was a talented artist of his time. He was also the first Non-European to win a Nobel Prize for literature.

When & Where?
At the Calcutta session of the Indian National Congress, the national anthem was
1. First composed 11 December 1911 in Bengali
2. First sung on 27 December 1911, At the Calcutta session of the Indian National Congress
3. First Musical Composition – 1942,
4. First Adopted (Hindi Version), officially – 1950, By Constituent assembly of India

"In 1919, the song was translated into English, titled “Morning Song of India“

In January 1912, the song 'Jana Gana Mana' was first released under the title 'Bharat Vidhata' in TattvaBodhini Patrika.

(A) 24 January 1950 is the correct option

Note
1. In the original Bengali poem, only those provinces that were under British rule were listed, that is, they listed Punjab, Sindh, Gujarat, Maratha, etc. The Portuguese, not mentioned in the anthem, governed certain princely states (Kashmir, Rajasthan, Andhra, Mysore, or Kerala).
2. The full completion takes about 52 seconds, while for the first and last lines of the stanza it takes 20 seconds.