Q. Consider the following statements regarding the Vande Mataram Movement:
1.The Vande Mataram Movement was initiated in Bengal in 1905 to protest the Partition of Bengal, where the song was first sung in a public session of the Indian National Congress.
2.The movement was a national-level resistance against the British ban on the song, actively endorsed and led by Mahatma Gandhi throughout its early stages.
3.The regional movement in Gulbarga (Hyderabad-Karnataka) associated with the Vande Mataram slogan occurred immediately after India’s independence in 1947 to support the integration of the state.
How many of the above statements are correct?
Explanation: All are incorrect
Statement 1 is incorrect: While the song was a rallying cry during the Swadeshi Andolan (anti-Partition protests) (1905), it was first sung publicly by Rabindranath Tagore at the Calcutta Congress Session in 1896, not 1905.
Statement 2 is incorrect: Mahatma Gandhi revered the song as the vision of undivided India, but the movement was a slogan-based resistance that unified diverse regions, and its early stages were led by various leaders, not actively endorsed and led by Gandhi throughout. The British banned it for its revolutionary power.
Statement 3 is incorrect: The regional Vande Mataram Movement in Gulbarga was during the Hyderabad-Karnataka freedom struggle and happened on 9th November 1948, well after India’s independence (1947), and was aimed at opposing the Nizam’s autocratic rule to achieve integration.
Source: IE
