The National Song of India

National Song of India

‘VandeMataram’ is the national song of India.

‘VandeMataram’ the National Song of India was written by Mr. Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay to praise the “Mother India”.
Originally this song had been published in the novel ‘Anandamath’ a Bengali fiction novel written by Bankim Chandra.
The title ‘VandeMataram’ means “I praise thee, Mother.
Jadunath Bhattacharya was asked to set a tune for this poem just after it was written.
It was sung for the first time at the congress session at Calcutta in 1896.

About the National song:

Translation of VandeMataram:

Translation of the first two verses is as follows –

Significance of the National Song:

The significance of the song was succinctly put forward by Aurobindo Ghosh in his ‘Mahayogi’ by saying, “VandeMataram was an expression of nationalism. It quickly spread throughout India and was on the lips of millions”.
Cambridge scholars recognize the song as “the greatest and most enduring gift of the Swadeshi movement”.

Interesting Facts:

• The original VandeMataram comprises of 6 stanzas.
• Only the first two of the six verses were adopted as the national song in 1950.
• VandeMataram is the national song of India, which was composed byBankim Chandra Chatterjee, originally in Sanskrit & Bengali.
• He wrote VandeMataram at Chin surah, near river Hooghly (near Mallik Ghats).
• VandeMataram ranked as the second most popular song in the world through a poll conducted by BBC World Services in 2002.
• It has been used in a number of patriotic movies like Amar Asha and Ananda Math.