150 Years of Vande Mataram

Key Points

1. Vande Mataram was adopted as India’s National Song in 1950.
2. The song was first published in the literary journal Bangadarshan on 7 November 1875.
3. Bankim Chandra Chatterjee included Vande Mataram in his novel 'Anandamath' in 1882.
4. Rabindranath Tagore first sang Vande Mataram at the 1896 Congress Session in Calcutta.
5. Vande Mataram was first used as a political slogan on 7 August 1905.
6. In 1907, Madam Bhikaji Cama raised the tricolour flag with 'Vande Mataram' written on it in Stuttgart, Berlin.
7. An English daily titled 'Bande Mataram' was launched in August 1906 under the editorship of Bipin Chandra Pal.