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Prime
Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated a year-long commemoration of 150 years of
'Vande Mataram' on November 7, 2025.
¨ The Ministry of Culture will organize the
inaugural ceremony at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium in New Delhi.
¨ The celebrations will run from November 7,
2025, to November 7, 2026.
¨ It is believed that Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
composed the national song 'Vande Mataram' on November 7, 1875, on the
auspicious occasion of Akshaya Navami.
¨ Vande Mataram was first published serially in
the literary magazine Bangadarshan, in his novel Anandamath, and later as a
separate book in 1882.
¨ The song gives poetic expression to India's
awakening sense of unity and self-respect, and celebrates the motherland as a
symbol of strength, prosperity, and divinity.
¨ On January 24, 1950, Dr. Rajendra Prasad,
President of the Constituent Assembly, declared That 'Vande Mataram', which
played a historic role in the freedom struggle, will be given the same respect
as the national anthem 'Jana Gana Mana'.
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It was
first sung at the Indian National Congress session in 1896.
