Vande Mataram, a song written in 1875, continues to remain a moral compass for Indian democracy, reminding us that politics is not about power but the primacy of the nation, Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini said on Friday (November 7, 2025).
Addressing the gathering in Ambala at a state-level celebration on the occasion of the national song’s 150th anniversary, Mr. Saini recalled the song’s history. Though composed by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay in 1875, the song became popular though the novel Anandamath, and was publicly recited by Rabindranath Tagore in 1896 in Kolkata. It was eventually adopted as the national song in 1950.
