<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>
who sang vande mataram for the first time
who sang vande mataram for the first time
Rabindranath Tagore
Rabindranath Tagore