The song became popular during the freedom struggle and was adopted by the Indian National Congress in 1905 to rouse ...

India is marking the 150th anniversary of ‘Vande Mataram’, composed by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay. A debate in Parliament ...

Nehru was of the view that the tune of the National Anthem, as well as how foreign nations would receive it, needed to be ...

The new controversy being sought to be created now over the National Song, 75 years after it was settled down by the ...

The standing of Vande Matram in the collective consciousness was never in doubt. There is a however a case to extend ...

National songs or anthems are often imposed from above, in which case they tend to exclude the diversity of the masses they ...

BJP President J P Nadda emphasized the connection between the national song Vande Mataram and nationalism, urging for equal ...

At a meeting in Lucknow on 15 October 1937, Muhammad Ali Jinnah denounced the song, arguing it contained references to Hindu ...

Vande Mataram, penned by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee in the 1870s, became a powerful anthem for India's freedom struggle. Adopted by the Indian National Congress, it inspired millions to defy British ...

BJP President J P Nadda on Thursday asserted in the Rajya Sabha that the national song Vande Mataram is linked to ...

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh delivered a blistering speech today slamming the Congress for "fragmentation" of the national ...