India Marks 150 Years of ‘Vande Mataram’: PM Modi Launches Historic Year-Long National Celebration
India today celebrates a landmark moment as the national song Vande Mataram completes 150 years. Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the year-long nationwide commemoration in New Delhi, releasing a special commemorative stamp and coin. Citizens across the country joined mass singing events honouring Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay’s timeless creation, first written on Akshaya Navami in 1875….