Kolkata: West Bengal Governor C V Ananda Bose on Monday led a ‘Vande Mataram March’ from the Indian Museum to the Raj Bhavan here to commemorate 150 years of the national song penned by Bankim Chandra Chatterji.
Bose rode an open-hooded white car accompanied by schoolchildren, as people from different walks of life and age groups joined the march, which covered a distance of a little over 2km.
The march was hosted by the Union Ministry of Culture-run Indian Museum, the largest multipurpose museum in the Asia-Pacific region.
The commemorative events mark the 150th anniversary of Vande Mataram, believed to have been written by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay on Akshaya Navami in 1875.
First published in the literary journal Bangadarshan as part of his novel Anandamath, the song went on to become a symbol of India’s awakening and resistance during colonial times.
