Celebration of the 150th anniversary of the composition of Vande Mataram The event will be held at the Indira Gandhi Maidan in Delhi The song 'Vande Mataram', which became a star mantra in the Indian freedom struggle, was composed by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee in 1875. The song became popular after Rabindranath Tagore sang it at the Calcutta Congress Session in 1896. It was adopted as the country's national anthem by the Constituent Assembly in 1950.
