Mumbai, Nov 5 (PTI) The Maharashtra government will launch the 150th anniversary celebrations of the national song, Vande Mataram, through mass recitation at Mantralaya on Friday.

Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis will attend the event, which will be organised at the Trimurti atrium in the state secretariat.

"The event will kick off a year-long celebration across Maharashtra under the 'Sardh Shatabdi Mahotsav' initiative", said Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Minister Mangal Prabhat Lodha.

He said Vande Mataram, written by poet and philosopher Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay in 1875, holds immense historical and emotional significance as a symbol of the freedom struggle and patriotism.

The minister justified the state government's directive to all the schools to sing the complete ve

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