<P> It played a vital role in the Indian independence movement , first sung in a political context by Rabindranath Tagore at the 1896 session of the Indian National Congress . It became a popular marching song for political activism and Indian freedom movement in 1905 . Spiritual Indian nationalist and philosopher Sri Aurobindo referred it as `` National Anthem of Bengal '' . The song and the novel containing it was banned by the British government , but workers and general public defied the ban , many went to colonial prisons repeatedly for singing it , and the ban was overturned by the Indians after they gained independence from the colonial rule . </P>
<P> It played a vital role in the Indian independence movement , first sung in a political context by Rabindranath Tagore at the 1896 session of the Indian National Congress . It became a popular marching song for political activism and Indian freedom movement in 1905 . Spiritual Indian nationalist and philosopher Sri Aurobindo referred it as `` National Anthem of Bengal '' . The song and the novel containing it was banned by the British government , but workers and general public defied the ban , many went to colonial prisons repeatedly for singing it , and the ban was overturned by the Indians after they gained independence from the colonial rule . </P>
when was vande mataram sung for the first time
when was vande mataram sung for the first time
the 1896 session of the Indian National Congress
the 1896 session of the Indian National Congress