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Through the Free India Centre which Netaji established in Germany, Rabindranath Tagore's song Jana Gana Mana was played and sung for the first time in Hamburg on 29 May 1942.

Simultaneously, India's tri-colour banner was hoisted, along with the German flag. The German national anthem was then played.

The Mayor of Hamburg gave Netaji the warmest welcome.

Eventually, Tagore's Jana Gana was adopted as the official national anthem of independent India. Once again, Gandhi-ji and Nehru followed Netaji's lead.

From:Sri Chinmoy,Mother, Your 50th Independence-Anniversary! I am come. Ever in Your Eternity's Cries and Your Infinity's Smiles, Subhas, Agni Press, 1997
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