National anthem compositions for consideration, including Benjamin Britten, William Walton, Gian Carlo Menotti and Zubir Said, who later composed "Majulah Singapura", the national anthem of Singapore. None were deemed suitable. A few anthems have words by Nobel laureates in literature. The first Asian laureate, Rabindranath Tagore, wrote the words and music of "Jana Gana Mana" and "Amar Shonar Bangla", later adopted as the national anthems of India and Bangladesh respectively. Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson wrote the lyrics for the Norwegian national anthem "Ja, vi elsker dette landet". Other countries had their anthems composed by locally important people. This is the case for Colombia, whose
Bilaval Arohana: Sa Re Ga,Ma Pa, Dha Ni Sa' Avrohana: Sa' Ni Dha, Pa, Ma Ga,Re Sa Vadi: Dha Samavadi: Ga Ga Re, Ga Ma Dha Pa, Ma Ga, Ma Re Sa Ga Re Ga Pa, Ni Dha Ni Sa' Sa' Ni Dha Pa Ga Ma Re Sa Morning: "First prahara of the day" Bilaval Bilaval or Bilawal () is a raga and the basis for the eponymous "thaat" (musical mode) in Hindustani classical music. Raga Bilaval is named after Veraval, Gujarat. The Indian national anthem Jana gana mana is sung in Bilaval. Bilaval had become the basic scale for North