Q69
Indian National MovementRise of Nationalism & the Congress
At which session of the Indian National Congress was 'Vande Mataram' sung for the first time?
- a.1920 session
- b.1906 session
- c.1896 session
- d.1922 session
Answer: (C) 1896 session
"Vande Mataram", composed by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay, was sung for the first time at a Congress session at its 1896 Calcutta session, well before it became a rallying anthem of the wider freedom movement.