Created on 7th November,1875, the next few years saw Vande Mataram being accepted and appreciated in the literary circles of Bengal. However, the masses better conceived it through a novel written by Bankimchandra himself: The Anandmath.
The year 1906 was memorable to Vande Mataram in many ways. In this year the song crossed the boundaries of Bengal, spread like a jungle fire throughout the nation which would oust the British rule. No sooner than the Partition of Bengal was declared, thousands of angry Bharatiyas protested the decision in a unanimous voice: Vande Mataram.
It was during this period, that Vande Maataram was translated by poet-Revolutionary Sri Aurobindo Ghosh and formally adopted as National Song in a Congress Convention on 7th september,1906.
Since then, 7th september is comemorated as the anniversary of Vande Maataram.
So, Let's be proud and shout out loud with our voices rosing up to the skies.
VANDE MAATARAM!
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