Who among the following freedom fighters wrote the poem 'Vande Mataram' in 1875?

Who among the following freedom fighters wrote the poem 'Vande Mataram' in 1875? Correct Answer Bankim Chandra Chatterjee

The correct answer is Bankim Chandra Chatterjee.

Key Points

• Vande Mataram is a Sanskrit poem written by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee.
  • It was taken from Anand Math published in 1882.
  • Vande Mataram was first sung by Rabindranath Tagore in 1896.
  • It was adopted by the constituent assembly on 24th January 1950.
  • Jadhunath Bhattacharya composed the music of Vande Mataram.

Additional Information

• Bipin Chandra Pal was one of the influencers of the Swadeshi movement along with Sri Aurobindo. 
  • He vehemently opposed the partition of Bengal by the British colonial government in December 1903.
  • He was born in Habiganj on 7 Nov 1858 and completed his studies at the University of Calcutta.
• Rabindranath Tagore was a Bengali poet, writer, and painter.
  • He was honoured with the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913.
  • He is the first non-European to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature.
  • Rabindranath Tagore got the Nobel Prize for his work Gitanjali.
• Bhagat Singh was an Indian communist revolutionary whose two acts of spectacular brutality against the British in India and execution at the age of 23 made him a famous hero of the Indian independence movement.