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• ‘Vande Mataram’ was written by Bankim Chandra Chattarji.
• Vande Mataram, Vande Mataram! Its playing time is approximately 65 seconds.
• ‘Vande Mataram’ song was sung for the first time at the Indian National Congress session at Kolkata in 1896. The president of the Kolkata session was Rahmatullah M.
• On 24 January 1950, the Constituent Assembly of India has adopted “Vande Mataram” as national song. On the occasion, the first President of India, Rajendra Prasad stated that the song should be honoured equally with the national anthem of India, “Jana Gana Mana”.