India's National Anthem ‘Jana Gana Mana’ was declared as “The World’s Best Anthem” by UNESCO.

Since I recieved this messages I was confused whether it was actually declared by UNESCO or Not?

After going through a lot of searches I just found the result as mentioned below:

 

A recurring email/message that has graced our inboxes is definitely one declaring that the UNESCO had recognised our national anthem 'Jana Gana Mana', as the world's best anthem.

The message, like many other rumours connected to UNESCO, is fake.

This particular message has been in circulation since 2008, reported India Today. According to the report, the message was circulated as a ploy to ‘increase membership’ in a Yahoo Groups site called MumbaiHangOut.

 by thequint.com

Such messages as been forwarded many times are as follows:

2008

2014

2018

2019

 And even today ...

Many people has fall in these age-old hoax; below are some event ocurred:

Ajay Alok is the latest to fall for the age-old hoax that Unesco has declared 'Jana Gana Mana' as the best national anthem in the world.

credit:India Today

Even the commonwealth gold medalist Babita Phogat has become the prey to this message:

On visiting the official website of UNESCO, a document was found in the name of UNESCO about various rumors and fake news spread around the world. In that document it can be found that the news of UNESCO declaring 'Jana Gana Mana' as the best anthem in the world was one of the rumours.

 11 years ago the same news went viral and in these eleven years many people have shared it. Misinformation being spread about the national anthem is not new. When searching for news on Google, one can find an India Today news article published in 2008, where it deface the news.

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Above information has been collected through various media.

Conclusion:

Stop playing with the sentiments of the people with such messages

To not get indulge in hoax messages and be aware and check the authenticity of the forwarded messages as a responsible citizen.