Overview
- At Delhi’s Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium, Prime Minister Narendra Modi opened the observance and joined a synchronized nationwide singing of the full song at about 9:50 a.m., while unveiling a public portal for citizen renditions.
- He released a commemorative stamp and coin as the government detailed year-long exhibitions, short films and broadcast specials marking the hymn first published on November 7, 1875.
- The outreach spans schools, cultural institutions, local bodies and Indian missions abroad, with programming scheduled to run until November 7, 2026.
- President Droupadi Murmu, Home Minister Amit Shah and other leaders issued tributes, calling the national song a durable emblem of unity, pride and patriotism.
- Modi also argued that a 1937 decision to use only select stanzas “sowed the seeds” of Partition, a political interpretation reported as his view and identified in coverage as disputed.