India had no National Anthem at Independence
India had no official National Anthem at the time of Independence on August 15, 1947 as ‘Jana Gana Mana’ was adopted as the National Anthem on January 24, 1950. The Anthem was composed by Bengali poet Rabindranath Tagore, and was first sung on December 27, 1911 at the Calcutta session of the Indian National Congress.