Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation Amit Shah has said that ‘Vande Mataram’ is not merely a national song but the “song of freedom, the spirit of unyielding resolve and the first mantra of Bharat’s awakening.”

In a blog commemorating 150 years of the national song written by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay, Shah described ‘Vande Mataram’ as the soul of India’s freedom struggle and the first proclamation of cultural nationalism. He said that throughout history, songs and art have been at the heart of social and political movements, awakening collective consciousness across Bharat.

The Home Minister wrote that while ‘Vande Mataram’ was not born on a battlefield, it emerged from the mind of a scholar deeply rooted in India’s civilisational ethos. Bankim Chandra, he said, drew inspi

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