About the Book: Story of Indias National Anthem
'In this beautifully illustrated book filled with little known facts from Indian
history, and pictures and photographs, read some unusual stories about our
Republic: How Rabindranath Tagore came to write a poem called 'Bharata Bhagya
Bidhata, which later became 'Jana Gana Mana. When Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose
wanted a song as an anthem for the soldiers of the Indian National Army (INA),
at the advice of Captain Lakshmi Sehgal, he chose 'Jana Gana Mana, but in a
Hindustani translation, called 'Shubh Sukh Chain. And Bankim Chandra Chatterjees
bestselling novel Anandamath had the song 'Vande Mataram in it, which became