After all, even if his admiration for the crown was excessive, he was not lacking in simple common sense."Īgain in his letter of 19 March 1939 Tagore writes, Even my official friend understood this about the song. That Lord of Destiny, that Reader of the Collective Mind of India, that Perennial Guide, could never be George V, George VI, or any other George. In response to that great mental turmoil, I pronounced the victory in Jana Gana Mana of that Bhagya Vidhata of India who has from age after age held steadfast the reins of India's chariot through rise and fall, through the straight path and the curved. "A certain high official in His Majesty's service, who was also my friend, had requested that I write a song of felicitation towards the Emperor. That letter in Bengali can be found in Tagore's biography Ravindrajivani, volume II page 339 by Prabhatkumar Mukherjee.
On 10 November 1937 Tagore wrote a letter to Mr Pulin Bihari Sen about the controversy.
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