History · 12 Sep 2026

Vande Mataram history

Consider the following events related to Vande Mataram:

  1. The Congress Working Committee decides to officially confine the song's rendition at Congress sessions to its first two stanzas.
  2. Rabindranath Tagore sings Vande Mataram publicly for the first time, at a session of the Indian National Congress.
  3. Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay's novel Anandamath, in which Vande Mataram first appears, is published.
  4. The Constituent Assembly accords Vande Mataram status equal to the National Anthem as India's National Song.
A2-3-1-4
B3-2-1-4
C3-1-2-4
D1-3-2-4
This question is based on: The 1937 Compromise Behind Today's Vande Mataram Row
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About this question

Why in news

A 2026 row over how many stanzas of Vande Mataram should be sung at official functions - pitting Karnataka's two-stanza order against J&K CM Omar Abdullah's full six-stanza stand - has revived the 90-year-old 1937 CWC compromise.

Why for UPSC

UPSC frequently tests the sequencing of milestones behind a national symbol currently in the news, rewarding aspirants who know the static history layered beneath a current event rather than just the headline.

Prelims summary

Vande Mataram: written in Anandamath (1882) → first sung publicly by Tagore at the 1896 INC session → CWC restricts official use to two stanzas (1937) → made National Song, equal to the Anthem, by the Constituent Assembly (1950).

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