Kerala PSC Facts About India - 11

National Song
101.The song Vande Mataram , composed in Sanskrit by Bankimchandra Chatterji has an equal status with Jana-Gana-Mana.
102. The first political occasion it was sung was the 1896 session of the INC.
103. The first stanza begins with the words ‘Vande mataram! Sujalam, suphalam,Malayaja shitalam’.
104. The translation was rendered by Aurobindo Ghosh. It begins with ‘I bow to thee, Mother, richly-watered, richly fruited....”.
105.Vande Mataram is a part of the Bengali novel named ‘Anand Math’ written by Bankimchandra Chatterji.
106. The Sanskrit song was sung by a charector named Bhavanandan.
107.Vande Mataram is dedicated to Durga.
108. On 15th August, 1947 Suchata Kripalani sang Vande Mataram in the Constituent Assembly.