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It is a hymn to the goddess Durga, identified as the national personification of India. It came to be considered the "National Song of India", and it played a part in the Indian independence movement, first sung in a political context by Rabindranath Tagore at the 1896 session of the Indian National Congress. In 1950, its first two verses were given the official status of "national song" of the Republic of India, distinct from the national anthem of India Jana Gana Mana. Many Muslim organizations in India have declared fatwas against singing Vande Mataram, due to the song giving a notion of worshipping Mother India, which they consider to be shirk. BBC World Service conducted an international poll to choose ten most famous songs of all time. Around 7000 songs were selected from all over the world. Vande Mataram, in a version by A. Are. Rahman, was second in top 10 songs.

"Vande Mataram" was the national cry for freedom from British rule during the freedom movement. Large rallies, fermenting initially in Bengal, in the major metropolis of Calcutta, would work themselves up into a patriotic fervour by shouting the slogan "Vande Mataram", or "Hail to the Mother (land) !".

Tagore's Jana Gana Mana was chosen as the National Anthem of the 1947 Republic of India. Vande Mataram was rejected on the grounds that Muslims, Christians, Parsis, Sikhs, Arya Samajis and others who opposed idol worship felt offended by its depiction of the nation as "Mother Durga", a Hindu goddess. Muslims also felt that its origin as part of Anandamatha, a novel they felt had an anti-Muslim message.

Since Vande Mataram was the national voice for freedom from British rule during the freedom movement, So every one chants and recites the same. But it is said that Rabindranath Tagore sang Vande Mataram in 1896 at the Calcutta Congress Session held at Beadon Square.

Hope it resolve both queries asked above. So Keep encouraging "Vande Matram".

Will discuss some more later, till then "Jai Hind" Friends.

Is a poem in the 1882 novel Anandamatha by Bankimchandra Chattopadhyay. Means auther is bankimchandra chattopadhyah. It is written in a mixture of Bengali and sanskrit. It came to be considered the "National Song of India", and it played a part in the Indian independence movement, first sung in a political context by Rabindranath Tagore at the 1896 session of the Indian National Congress.

During the period of partion of Bengal in 1905 by Lord Curzon, the moment of VandeMataram has been started the song 'Vandemataram' took a main role in freedom struggle. It is from the Granth of "Anand Math" by Bankim Chandra Chaterjee.

According to the home ministry there is no difference between the these two words in our national anthem but i think Sindh is a province in Pakistan where Sindhu is the name of the river in India.

Vandematram composed by by ravindra nath tagore. He was great poet and vandematram was song of poem Anand Math.

MAHATMA GANDHI Had started freedom for politics after World War 1 and that is after 1914.

In 12th congress meeting it was sung in the leadership of rahmat ullah sayani .

Who was the first sung the vandematarm in 1896 national congres meeting ?