Posted on: 14 October 2012

Audio:
Vande Mataram sung by Pandit Omkarnath Thakur in 1939

Listen to the original rendition of this song:

http://bit.ly/TjfKrg

"A function was organised on the eve of Indian Independence to celebrate that auspicious moment (mid night at parliament). Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel sent pt. Omkarnath Thakur a wireless message (he was in Chennai) to sing Vande Mataram there. Pt. Omkarnath replied that he would sing full- 22 line song.

In 1923, his Guru Pt. Vishnu Digambar Paluskar was about to sing Vande Mataram at Kakinada adhiveshan of Congress, he was doing that since Congress Adhiveshan at 1915, Maulana Mohammad Ali who was presiding the conference tried to stop him, supported by his brother Shaukat Ali. 'Since the song praised Hinduism' according to them, it should not be sung on this dais was what they said. Reacting very strongly Pandit Paluskar made them hear that this is a public meeting and not the place of worship of the Muslim religion. Those who object may very well leave the convention and abort, Panditji said, and thereafter rehearsed the full song.

Sardar Patel agreed. He left Chennai by a special plane to reach Delhi. He sang Vande Mataram mid night at the parliament and his song was again broadcasted by Akashvani at morning 6:30 AM."

Listen to this version sung by Pandit Omkarnath Thakur in 1947:

http://bit.ly/RIte0v


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Precious.

We need more people like them. Sadly there are few like Sardar's among us.

Beautiful!!

NYC PLZ

So Beautiful

people fighting for religion... Plz fight for our country...vandematharam.....

Ufff.. not only for that voice but also for that sarangi accompanying it!

that was wonderfull!!!

he was my mothers teacher in alahabad.

Very Informative news. Thanks To सनातन कालयात्री जी

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Ohh. It was so nice to hear.

kya tasveer.kis khazane se laati ho gauri

What Raag is this based on? This has been sung in 1939. Rabindranath Tagore's version was based on Desh Raag and was popular in Bengal and actively sung by the revolutionaries in 1930. Are there versions from South and West India also available?

This is the version that the children of 1970s and 1980s learnt at school through out the country. Who composed / modified this tune. It is quite clearly a modification of Tagore's Desh Raag version. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3g8nQuX8dUg

Then came the movie versions: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGWqGtPFbDQ&feature=related

1875: Bankim Chandra writes the poem. It appears in the novel Anandamath. 1896: Rabindranath Tagore sings it for the first time at the Calcutta Congress Session held at Beadon Square. But Bankim Chandra had passed away in 1894 so he would not have heard the tune Rabindranath Tagore had composed for the poem.

Salutations to this great man - Pt. Omkarnath Thakur