About Madanapalle
Madanapalle is a city in Chittoor district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is a Municipality and the headquarters of Madanapalle mandal and Madanapalle revenue division.
Madanapalle was founded by Sri Ahobila Nayunivaru in 1618 AD.
Rabindranath Tagore translated ""Jana Gana Mana"" from Bengali to English and also set it to music in Madanapalle. The National Anthem was written by Rabindranath Tagore as early as in 1911 and was sung at the annual session of the Indian National Congress at Calcutta on 27 December that year. But it was actually done in Besant Theosophical College, Madanapalle, where Tagore stayed for few days in February 1919 that the now familiar tune was set. It was Margaret Cousins, wife of educationist, Dr. James Henry Cousins, who composed the tune for ""Jana Gana Mana"". Dr.J H Cousins was then the Principal of the Madanapalle College that was established by Dr. Annie Besant.
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