Who said the slogan vande mataram

Click here for Expert Advice. Comment 1. Post Comment. Disclaimer: Comments will be moderated by Jagranjosh editorial team. Comments that are abusive, personal, incendiary or irrelevant will not be published. Please use a genuine email ID and provide your name, to avoid rejection. Comments Adarsh Singh Aug 13, Not a single sigh of relief did our freedom fighters took till they freed their motherland from the claws of British Government.

This inspired thousands of young minds to sacrifice their lives for their motherland. On the occasion of 70th Republic Day, we bring you the list of slogans that are gifted to us by our freedom fighters and leaders.

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However, it was difficult to impose a ban on the song. The presence of the police or British officials usually heightened the enthusiasm of the slogan shouters. The slogan also received publicity during court trials when many of the accused defiantly shouted Vande Mataram in the court of law.

The martyrs made the slogan their mantra. The two words also became popular through photographs of extremists and nationalists, with Vande Mataram as the caption. The slogan injected life, courage and vigour in the minds of the nationalists. Its appeal was not limited to Bengal. The words were used as a form of greeting even in distant Punjab.

But Gandhiji disapproved of attempts of some people to force others to recite Jai Hind. As early as , he wrote that calling the State a Hindu State or Muslim State constituted a libel as far as nationalism was concerned. Using force on anybody to recite a slogan constitutes such a libel.

Persecuting a person for not saying Bharat Mata ki jai, though he is more than willing to recite any other slogan, is like the persecution of Prahalad in mythology by his father, Hiranya Kashyup, for praying to Lord Hari in defiance of his diktat to pray to Lord Shiva.

This lesson from mythology is relevant for the debate on Bharat Mata ki Jai. The views expressed are personal. Share Via.