PEDDAPALLI, NOVEMBER 07, 2025: The 150-year celebrations of the National Song ‘Vande Mataram’ are currently on across the country. The song emerged as a powerful symbol during India’s freedom movement, rekindling patriotic fervour across the nation and uniting people of all regions, languages, and faiths in one voice of devotion and courage.
It transcended regional, religious, and linguistic barriers to unite diverse people in the common goal of achieving self-governance. Leaders, students, and workers chanted it during protests and demonstrations across the country. Madam Bhikaji Cama even inscribed the words “Vande Mataram” on the first version of the Indian flag she unfurled in Germany in 1907.
The poem was composed by the Bengali poet and novelist Bankim Chandra Chatterjee in a mix of Sanskrit and Bengali. It is widely believed to have been written on November 7, 1875.
Accordingly, a ‘Vande Mataram’ programme was organised at Government Degree College, Pedda Kalwala, in Peddapalli district on Friday. On this occasion, the in-charge principal, G Purushotham, NCC officer Lt Kanjerla Srilatha and others spoke about the National Song Vande Mataram, which ignited the freedom struggle.
