Vande Mataram
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"Vande Mātaram" is a poem that was adopted as the national song of the Republic of India in 1950. It was written in Bengali by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee in the 1870s, and was first published in 1882 a
Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
Mahatma Gandhi supported the first two verses of Vande Mataram as a national song.
A rare painting of Indian national song, Vande Mataram, published in 1923
Cover of a 1909 issue of the Tamil magazine Vijaya showing "Mother India" (Bharat Mata) with her diverse progeny and the rallying cry "Vande Mataram"
Jadunath Bhattacharya
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Jadunath Bhattacharya was an Indian musician and composer of the 19th century Indian classical music, mainly of the Bishnupur gharana. He was, in the words of the poet, considered " a master of the ha
Vande Mataram
…from Sanskrit and Bengali. The poem was published in Chattopadhyay's book Anandamath in 1882, which is set in the events of the Sannyasi Rebellion. Jadunath Bhattacharya was asked to set a tune for this poem just after it was written. "Vande Mataram" was one of the most popular songs of protest during the Indian…
An old certificate awarded by Maharaja Satrughnaditya to Jadu Batta