• "Vande Mataram" was composed by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee on 7th November 1875, during the auspicious day of Akshaya Navami.
• It was first published in the literary journal Bangadarshan as part of his novel Anandamath in 1882.
• Vande Mataram, as a political slogan, was first used on 7 August 1905
• The song is written in a blend of Sanskrit and Bengali and became a powerful symbol of patriotism and resistance during India’s freedom struggle.
• Rabindranath Tagore set the tune to music and first sang it publicly at the 1896 Congress Session in Calcutta.
• "Vande Mataram" was adopted as India’s National Song by the Constituent Assembly in 1950.
• The song evokes the image of the motherland as Maa Bharati and inspired the freedom movement with its unifying message.

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