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![]() ![]() On the occasion, the first President of India, Rajendra Prasad stated that the song should be honoured equally with the national anthem of India, "Jana Gana Mana". On 24 January 1950, the Constituent Assembly of India has adopted "Vande Mataram" as national song. The song and the novel containing it was banned by the British government, but workers and general public defied the ban, many went to colonial prisons repeatedly for singing it, and the ban was overturned by the Indians after they gained independence from the colonial rule. ![]() Spiritual Indian nationalist and philosopher Sri Aurobindo referred it as "National Anthem of Bengal". It became a popular marching song for political activism and Indian freedom movement in 1905. ![]() It played a vital role in the Indian independence movement, first sung in a political context by Rabindranath Tagore at the 1896 session of the Indian National Congress. The "mother goddess" in later verses of the song has been interpreted as the motherland of the people –– Banga Mata (Mother Bengal)and Bharat Mata (Mother India), though the text does not mention this explicitly. The title 'Vande Mataram' means "I bow to thee, Mother" or "I bow to thee, Mother". With her hands that strike and her swords of sheen,Īn ode to the Motherland, it was written in Bengali script in the novel Anandmath. With many strengths who art mighty and stored, When the swords flash out in seventy million hands Mother, I praise thee!Rich with thy hurrying streams, ![]()
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