Updated On: 07 November, 2025 01:32 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
India’s national song Vande Mataram marks 150 years — here’s a look at its history, meaning, significance and composer Bankim Chandra Chatterjee

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India`s national song, Vande Mataram is now 150 years old. This song played a significant role in India`s Indepedent movement. The revolutionary song was composed by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee.
Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
Bankim Chandra Chatterjee was an Indian Bengali poet, essayist and journalist and is considered as one of the key figures literary in renaissance of Bengal as well as the broader Indian subcontinent.