When Karnataka BJP MP and former Speaker of the state Legislative Assembly, Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri, said last week that Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore had composed ‘Jana Gana Mana’ as a “welcome ...

Bharatiya Janata Party MP Vishweshwar Hedge Kageri has claimed that the Indian national anthem, Jana Gana Mana, was written to “welcome the British”, the Deccan Herald reported on Thursday. He added ...

As India celebrates 150 years of Vande Mataram, many are revisiting the enduring question — how is the National Song different from the National Anthem, and why does India have both? India marks 150 ...

Kharge also pointed out that Rabindranath Tagore penned the stanza, Bharoto Bhagyo Bidhata, in 1911. It is the same stanza that later became India’s national anthem. A Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) ...

A controversy has erupted in Karnataka after Bharatiya Janata Party MP Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri claimed that the country's national anthem was written "to welcome the British official". Kindly note ...