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The National Song of India, 'Vande Mataram' was composed in ______ language.

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  1. Pali
  2. Urdu
  3. Hindi
  4. Sanskrit

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Option 4 : Sanskrit
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The correct answer is Sanskrit.

  • Vande Mataram is a Sanskrit poem written by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee in the 1870s, which he included in his Bengali novel Anandamath in 1882.
  • The poem was first sung in 1896 by Rabindranath Tagore.

Key Points

  • The first two verses of the song were adopted by the Congress Working Committee as the National Song of India in October 1937 before the end of colonial rule in August 1947.
  • It played a vital role in the Indian independence movement, first sung in the political sense by Rabindranath Tagore at the National Congress of India in 1896.
  • It was a popular marching song for political agitation and the Indian Independence Movement in 1905.

Important Points

  • On 24 January 1950, the Indian Constituent Assembly adopted "Vande Mataram" as a national song.
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