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The song Jana-gana-mana, composed originally in Bangla by Rabindranath Tagore, was adopted in its Hindi version by the Constituent Assembly as the National Anthem of India on January 24, 1950.

Lyrics:

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.

"Banglar Maṭi Banglar Jol" (Bengali: বাংলার মাটি বাংলার জল, pronounced ; "Soil of Bengal, Water of Bengal") is a Bengali prayer and patriotic song written by Rabindranath Tagore and is the official state anthem of West Bengal.

On 7 September 2023, the West Bengal Legislative Assembly passed a resolution making "Banglar Mati Banglar Jol" the official state song of West Bengal.

An ode to Mother Bengal, it was composed in 1905 in support of the Bangabhanga Rodh Movement against the 1905 Partition of Bengal. Tagore started "Raksha Bandhan Utsav" on 16 October 1905 to reunite Hindu and Muslim Bengalis protesting the Partition of Bengal, and on that day, this song was the motto of the movement. The notation of the song was given by Indira Debi Chowdhurani.

Lyrics (Bengali):

বাংলার মাটি বাংলার জল

বাংলার বায়ু বাংলার ফল

পুণ্য হউক পুণ্য হউক

পুণ্য হউক হে ভগবান।

বাংলার ঘর বাংলার হাট

বাংলার বন বাংলার মাঠ

পূর্ণ হউক পূর্ণ হউক

পূর্ণ হউক হে ভগবান।

বাঙালির পণ বাঙালির আশা

বাঙালির কাজ বাঙালির ভাষা

সত্য হউক সত্য হউক

সত্য হউক হে ভগবান।

বাঙালির প্রাণ বাঙালির মন

বাঙালির ঘরে যত ভাই বোন

এক হউক এক হউক

এক হউক হে ভগবান।

Lyrics (English)

Soil of Bengal, water of Bengal,

Air of Bengal, fruits of Bengal.

Let them be sacred, let them be sacred,

Let them be sacred, O Lord.

Homes of Bengal, markets of Bengal,

Forests of Bengal, fields of Bengal.

Let them be brimming, let them be brimming,

Let them be brimming, O Lord.

Bengali feats, Bengali hopes,

Bengali goals, Bengali tongues.

Let them be true, let them be true,

Let them be true, O Lord.

Bengali lives, Bengali minds,

In Bengali home as kins.

Let them be one, let them be one,

Let them be one, O Lord.