Question
Q36. With reference to Madanapalle of Andhra Pradesh, which one of the following statements is correct?
A. Pingali Venkayya designed the tricolour Indian National Flag Here.
B. Pattabhi Sitaramaiah led the Quit Indian Movement of Andhra region from here.
C. Rabindranath Tagore translated the National Anthem from Bengali to English here.
D. Madame Blavatsky and Colonel Olcott set up headquarters of Theosophical Society first here.
Answer: C
Detailed Explanation
Explanation Here
· 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.
· It was first sung on December 27, 1911 at the Calcutta Session of the Indian National Congress.
· The complete song consists of five stanzas.
· It was at Madanapalle (Chittoor), in February 1919, that Tagore translated his Bengali poem ‘Jana Gana Mana’ into English as ‘Morning Song of India’.
· It was given tune by Margaret Cousins.
