The Indian national anthem, Jana Gana Mana , was originally written in Bengali in a Sanskritized form called Sadhu Bhasha. It was later adopted in its Hindi version as India’s national anthem.

Quick answer

  • Language: Bengali
  • Style: Sanskritized Bengali, or Sadhu Bhasha
  • Adopted as anthem: 24 January 1950

Extra detail

Rabindranath Tagore composed it, and the anthem is commonly sung in the original Bengali text.