We all know it by heart, but do we know why Jana Gana Mana was chosen out of many other options to be the anthem of India? In this edition of Sarmaya Talks, historian and author Rudrangshu Mukherjee reveals some surprising and fascinating details embedded in the ‘song of India’.
Rudrangshu Mukherjee is Chancellor and Professor of History at Ashoka University. He is the author of many books, including Nehru & Bose: Parallel Lives; A Begum and A Rani: Hazrat Mahal and Lakshmibai in 1857; Tagore and Gandhi: Walking Alone, Walking Together; and A New History of India: From Its Origins to the Twenty-First Century with Shobita Punja and Toby Sinclair.
