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It is generally believed that the concept of Vande Mataram came to Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay when he was still a government official, around 1876. He wrote Vande Mataram at Chinsura , in a white colour house of Adhya Family near Hooghly river (near Jora Ghat) in West Bengal.
Bankim Chandra wrote Vande Mataram before he wrote Anandamath. He was inspired by the rich natural beauty of rural Bengal and the song became an ode to Mother Bengal whom he visualized as the embodiment of supreme Goddess, Durga.
‘Vande Mataram’ was written on the first version of the Indian Flag created by Madam Bhikhaji Cama in 1907. It was Jadunath Bhattacharya, who first set the tune of Vande Mataram after it was written by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee.
"Vandē Mātaram" is the national song of India. The song was composed by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee in a highly Sanskritized form of the Bengali language.
Feb 15, 2024 · The origins of “Vande Mataram” can be traced back to Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay, one of India’s most revered writers and poets. In 1882, Bankim Chandra penned the hymn as part of his Bengali novel “Anandamath.”
Jul 27, 2017 · Historian Tanika Sarkar wrote in Birth of a Goddess: Vande Mataram, Anandamath and Hindu Nationhood that, “The East India Company was then calling the shots from behind the facade of a puppet Muslim Nawab. It was rack-renting peasant surplus to augment revenues from which the Company extracted a massive tribute.
Jan 24, 2024 · Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, renowned as Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay, was a celebrated Indian novelist and poet who penned the iconic song "Vande Mataram" on November 7, 1875. This song officially became India's National Song, and its two words, "Vande Mataram," hold immense significance for our nation.
Jun 27, 2018 · Vande Mataram has been India's national song since 1937. Sung by generations of Indians to evoke the motherland, the song was written by Bengali writer Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay. Bankim's lyrics were written in 1882 when nationalism itself was at a very nascent stage of development.
Jan 10, 2022 · Vande Maataram (IAST: Vande Mātaram, also pronounced Bande Maataram; বন্দে মাতরম্-Bônde Mātôrôm transl. Mother, I bow to thee) is a poem written in Bengali (with some Sanskrit words as well) by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyaya in 1870s, which he included in his 1882 Bengali novel Anandamath.
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