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WHICH IS THE NATIONAL SONG OF INDIA?

The national song of India is Vande Mataram, composed in Sanskrit by Bankimchandra Chatterji. It is taken from his famous work Anandamath and was a source of inspiration to the people in their struggle for freedom. It has an equal status with Jana gana mana. The first political occasion when it was sung was the 1896 session of the Indian National Congress.


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