Question

The slogan of ‘Bande Mataram’ was first adopted during the _________ Movement.

Answer 1

Hint: -The slogan was taken from a popular patriotic poem.
-The poem was composed in 1882.
-The poem was published as a part of a Bengali novel.

Complete answer: Bande Mataram, also pronounced as Vande Mataram can be literally translated to mean ‘Mother, I bow to thee”. It was a popular chant and slogan that came to be associated with the Indian Independence struggle against British rule. The slogan has been taken from the poem of the same name written by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee in the 1870s.
The slogan 'Bande Mataram' was first adopted during the Swadeshi movement which erupted in protest of the partition of Bengal. It became a nationalist prayer song during the anti-partition meetings.
The poem was written and published as a part of his Bengali novel Anandamath by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee. It was written using mainly Sanskrit language with some Bengali as well. It was first sung by Rabindranath Tagore in 1896 in the session held by the Indian National Congress that year. Since then, it came to be used as a popular marching song for Indian freedom movement and political activism.
It was banned by the British government and the ban was overturned post-independence.

Note: -Anandamath was published in 1882 and was very instrumental in raising the nationalist spirit among the youth in Bengal.
-Both the song/poem and the novel containing it were banned by the British Government due to the effects.
-The first two verses of the song were adopted as the National Song of India in October 1937.
-The Mother Goddess referred to in the later verses of the poem has been interpreted by various people as Banga Mata (Mother Bengal) and Bharat Mata (Mother India).
-Sri Aurobindo had referred to the song as the National Anthem of Bengal.