Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday, November 7, inaugurated the year-long commemoration of 150 years of Vande Mataram at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium in New Delhi.

Calling the song a guiding light of India’s freedom struggle and a symbol of enduring unity, he also unveiled a commemorative coin and postal stamp to mark the occasion.

PM links 1937 division of ‘Vande Mataram’ to partition

In his address, Modi reflected on the significance of Vande Mataram and claimed that its fragmentation in 1937 “weakened” the spirit of national unity. “In the freedom struggle, the spirit of Vande Mataram illuminated the entire nation, but unfortunately, in 1937, a part of its soul was severed by separating the important stanzas of Vande Mataram. Vande Mataram was fragmented, torn into pieces. Th

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