Delhi: Indian national song, Vande Mataram, is now 150 years old. The composer behind the revolutionary song was Bankim Chandra Chatterjee. Vande Matram was first published in the literary journal Bangadarshan on November 7, 1875. Translating literally as "Mother, I Bow to Thee," Chatterjee included the hymn in his timeless novel 'Anandamath,' released in 1882. Rabindranath Tagore composed music for it and performed it at the 1896 Congress Session in Calcutta.

Union Minister of Culture and Tourism @gssjodhpur felicitates Prime Minister @narendramodi with a shawl at the inauguration of the year-long commemoration of the National Song “Vande Mataram” at Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium, New Delhi.

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