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Vande Mataram<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/mark><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

About<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/mark><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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  • Composed by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee<\/strong>, ‘Vande Mataram’ was first published <\/strong>in the literary journal Bangadarshan<\/strong> in 1875.\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Later, Bankim Chandra Chatterjee incorporated the hymn in his novel ‘Anandamath’ <\/strong>which was published in 1882.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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    Bankim Chandra Chatterjee:<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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    • Bankim Chandra Chatterjee (1838\u20131894) was one of the most prominent figures of 19th-century Bengal.\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • As a distinguished novelist, poet, essayist and civil servant <\/strong>his contributions significantly influenced the development of modern Bengali prose<\/strong> and the articulation of an emerging Indian nationalism.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • His notable works include Anandamath, Durgeshnandini, Kapalkundala, <\/strong>and Devi Chaudhurani.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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      Ananda Math:<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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      • Ananda Math is set in the backdrop of the 1769-73 Bengal famine<\/strong>, which killed 10 million people, and the late-18th century Sanyasi Rebellion,<\/strong> a series of armed uprisings against the rule of Mir Jafar<\/strong> and his East India Company overlords.\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • The central plot of ‘Ananda Math’ revolves around a group of Sanyasins <\/strong>known as Santanas<\/strong>, who dedicate their lives to the cause of their motherland.<\/strong> They venerate the motherland personified as the mother goddess; <\/strong>their devotion is solely to their land of birth.\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • “Vande Mataram”<\/strong> is the song sung by the Santanas of Ananda Math<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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        • It was set to music<\/strong> by Rabindranath Tagore<\/strong> and was first sung by him at the 1896 Indian National Congress session <\/strong>in Calcutta.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Its political significance emerged during the Swadeshi and anti-partition movements <\/strong>in Bengal<\/strong>, with the slogan Vande Mataram first raised publicly on August 7 1905<\/strong> by thousands of students in Calcutta.\u00a0\n
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          • At the Varanasi session<\/strong> of the Indian National Congress <\/strong>that same year, Vande Mataram was adopted for all-India occasions.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • Over time, Vande Mataram became a rallying cry of freedom fighters<\/strong>, a slogan of resistance against the foreign power.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

            Impact on Indian Revolutionaries Abroad<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/mark><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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            • In 1907<\/strong>, Madam Bhikaji Cama<\/strong> raised the tricolour flag for the first-time outside India <\/strong>in Stuttgart, Berlin.<\/strong> The words Vande Mataram<\/strong> were written on the flag.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            • Two years later, revolutionary Madan Lal Dhingra\u2019s<\/strong> final words before his execution in London were the same.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            • In 1909, Indian patriots in Paris<\/strong> undertook the publication of a magazine <\/strong>called Bande Mataram <\/strong>from Geneva.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

              National Status<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/mark><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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              • Being officially adopted as the national song<\/strong> by the Constituent Assembly of India<\/strong> on 24th January 1950,<\/strong> the then President of the Constituent Assembly, Dr Rajendra Prasad,<\/strong> declared that Vande Mataram should be honoured equally with the national anthem, Jana Gana Mana.\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n
              • Note: <\/em><\/strong>The Constitution never referred to any national song as part of the constitutional framework<\/strong>. It was only in 1976<\/strong>, by the 42nd amendment,<\/strong> that a provision was introduced for a fundamental duty<\/strong> under Article 51A<\/strong> (which also had a clause obligating every citizen to abide by the Constitution and respect its ideas and institutions, the National Flag, and the National Anthem<\/strong>).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

                Why in News?<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/mark><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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                • The Union Cabinet has approved an amendment to the Prevention of Insults To National Honour Act, 1971 <\/strong>to make any insult or obstruction to the singing of National Song Vande Mataram a punishable offence<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                • At present, insults to the National Anthem Jana Gana Mana, the National Flag and the Constitution of India <\/strong>is mentioned in the 1971 Act and is punishable by an imprisonment of up to three years or a fine or both.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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