This day, that year: December 27, 1911 — When ‘Jana Gana Mana’ was first sung in Calcutta

December 27, 1911– the day a song first heard at a Congress session in Calcutta began a chapter that would culminate in ...

Alexander Merlin, a composer and resident of besieged Leningrad, has died.

Famous composer and veteran of the Great Patriotic War Alexander Merlin died at the age of 101. This was reported on December 27 in the Telegram channel of the Russian Consulate General in ...