{"id":72355,"date":"2025-12-02T12:05:54","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T06:35:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=72355"},"modified":"2025-12-03T15:53:39","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T10:23:39","slug":"vande-mataram-150-years-celebration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/vande-mataram-150-years-celebration\/","title":{"rendered":"Vande Mataram 150 Years Celebration"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Vande Mataram 150 Years Celebration Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Prime Minister of India will inaugurate the year-long commemoration of 150 years of the National Song \u201cVande Mataram\u201d in New Delhi.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Vande Mataram 150 Years Celebration<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cVande Mataram,\u201d written by <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/bankim-chandra-chatterjee\/\" target=\"_blank\"><b>Bankim Chandra Chatterjee<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in a blend of Sanskrit and Bengali, is the <\/span><b><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/national-song-of-india-vande-mataram\/\" target=\"_blank\">National Song of India<\/a>.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was first featured in <\/span><b>his novel Anand Math in 1882,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with its tune composed by <\/span><b>Yadunath Bhattacharya.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It became a <\/span><b>symbol of patriotism<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> during India\u2019s freedom struggle.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Historical Background of Vande Mataram<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was initially composed independently and later included in <\/span><b>Bankim Chandra Chatterjee\u2019s<\/b> <b>novel \u201cAnandamath\u201d<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (published in 1882).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was first sung by <\/span><b><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/upsc-exam\/rabindranath-tagore\/\" target=\"_blank\">Rabindranath Tagore<\/a> at the 1896<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Congress Session in Calcutta.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vande Mataram, as a <\/span><b>political slogan<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, was first <\/span><b>used on 7 August 1905.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 1907, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/upsc-exam\/bhikaji-cama\/\" target=\"_blank\"><b>Madam Bhikaji Cama<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> raised the <\/span><b>tricolour flag<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for the first-time outside India in Stuttgart, Berlin. The words <\/span><b>Vande Mataram were written on the flag.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On <\/span><b>24 January 1950,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/upsc-exam\/constituent-assembly-making-of-the-indian-constitution\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Constituent Assembly<\/a><\/strong> adopted Vande Mataram as <\/span><b>the National Song of India.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The National Song is held in equal reverence to the national anthem, but it is not mandatory to sing it at any given occasion.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsonair.gov.in\/pm-modi-to-inaugurate-150-year-commemoration-of-vande-mataram\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">News On Air<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vande Mataram written by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee in a blend of Sanskrit and Bengali, is the National Song of India. 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