Jana Gana Mana the Indian National Congress. A separate poem, Vande Mataram, was created "national song" of India during both the colonial period and after independence in 1956. The poem was first sung on the second day of the annual session of the Indian National Congress in Calcutta (now Kolkata) on 27 December 1911, and again in January 1912 at the annual event of the Adi Brahmo Samaj. Though the Bengali song had been written in 1911, it was largely unknown except to the readers of the Adi Brahmo Samaj journal, "Tattwabodhini Patrika", of which Tagore was the editor. Song was performed by
National Anthem of the Republic of China the Volunteers", which was written a few years later entirely in modern vernacular Chinese. As well as being written in classical Chinese, the national anthem follows classical poetic conventions. The ancient "Fu" style follows that of a four-character poem, where the last character of each line rhymes in "-ong" or "-eng", which are equivalent in ancient Chinese. The official translation by Du Tingxiu (Theodore B. Tu) appears in English-language guides to the ROC published by the government. National Anthem of the Republic of China The "National Anthem of the Republic of China" is the national anthem of the Republic of