As India commemorates 150th anniversary of Vande Mataram, read how Congress and Nehru truncated India’s national song to please Islamists

India commemorated the 150th anniversary of its national song “Vande (Bande) Mataram” on 7th November with a postage stamp and coin as Prime Minister Narendra Modi referred to the revolutionary hymn as “a mantra, an energy, a dream, a solemn resolve, a prayer to mother India” during an event at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium. He launched year-long commemoration of the 150 years of the National Song.

A year-long nationwide program has been launched in the honour of the occasion. State governments, cultural groups and educational institutions will observe it with a variety of events and activities.

Bankimchandra Chatterjee created “Vande Mataram” on the auspicious occasion of Akshaya Navami on 7th November 1875 to honour the homeland and was later included in his 1882 novel “Anandamath.”