Vande Mataram at 150: The Story of India's National Song as the Year-Long Celebration Nears Its End
Vande Mataram, India's national song, turns 150 on November 7, 2026, when a year-long national commemoration ends. Here is how Bankim Chandra Chatterjee's poem became the cry of the freedom movement, why only two stanzas are sung officially, and how the 150th year has been marked.
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