Just two words- Vande Mataram- by #BankimChandraChatterjee, who has his 182nd birth anniversary (June 26, 1838) today, tells a lot about we the Indians

The idea of the ‘nation’ as a mother was introduced into the Bankim Chandra’s celebrated novel & #39;Ananda Math& #39;
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#VandeMataram originated from the pages of this masterpiece & #39;Ananda Math& #39;

The Indian mass came to know it from the film Anand Math in 1952 by Hemen Gupta. Under Hemant Kumar’s music, the song “Vande Mataram” in @mangeshkarlata Didi& #39;s voice became an instant hit across India

Novel & #39;Ananda Math& #39;, is about the Sanyasi Revolt against the British East India Company who had taken a foothold in India with the conquest of Bengal after the Battle of Plassey

-Madan Lal Dhingra, inspired by Vande Mataram, shot dead Curzon Wyllie & embraced gallows.
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-Veer Savarkar’s Vande Mataram vow led to him being arrested in England, brought to India & sentenced to 2 life-imprisonment before being sent to Andamans

-Sister Nivedita & Bhikaji Cama differed in their own flags about India but didkeep Vande Mataram firmly in its centre.
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-Lala Har Dayal’s Gadar Party members greeted each other with the words, #VandeMataram galvanized millions of Indians at home and abroad for the liberation of the motherland.
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-Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose said: “Bande Mataram literally means ‘I salute the motherland’. It is the nearest approach to India’s national anthem.”

Yet, #VandeMataram was not destined to be India’s national anthem. All it got was to be the national song of the country.
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