Varanasi, July 31 -- The Pranam Vande Mataram Committee organized a felicitation and patriotic ceremony at Kodai Chowki on Nai Sadak on Friday to mark the passage of the Vande Mataram Bill in Parliament.
The ceremony, organized to mark the 150th anniversary of the composition of the national anthem 'Vande Mataram', began with the laying of wreaths and offering of flowers at a portrait of 'Bharat Mata', followed by the collective singing of 'Vande Mataram'.
Committee Chairman Anup Jaiswal said that the passage of the bill has brought a wave of joy across the country. He added that 2026 is a historic year marking the completion of 150 years of the composition of the national song 'Vande Mataram'. This immortal song, composed by the great li...