President Murmu Pays Homage To National Song 'Vande Mataram'

President Droupadi Murmu paid homage to the National Song Vande Mataram on the occasion of commemorating its 150th anniversary today.

In a social media post, President Murmu said that Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay composed the immortal song “Vande Mataram” in the nineteenth

century, during the Sannyasi Rebellion against British rule at the time of the 1905 Swadeshi Movement.

The President added that since then, this song of reverence to Mother India has remained a proclamation of the emotional consciousness and unity of our countrymen, and will continue to be so.