Multiple choice general knowledge history

Vande Mataram was first sung at the session of the Indian National Congress in which year?

  1. 1892

  2. 1896

  3. 1904

  4. 1886
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Explanation

Vande Mataram, written by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay in 1870s, was first sung at the 1896 session of the Indian National Congress in Calcutta. It quickly became a patriotic anthem during the Indian independence movement and was later adopted as India's national song (distinct from the national anthem, Jana Gana Mana).

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