Tag: India history
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BJP accuses Nehru of dropping Maa Durga stanzas from Vande Mataram in 1937; takes pungent dig at Rahul
Background: A contentious claim resurfaces The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday revived a long-debated controversy surrounding India’s national song, Vande Mataram. In a social media post and subsequent remarks, the party asserted that Jawaharlal Nehru, India’s first Prime Minister, truncated certain stanzas praising the goddess Maa Durga in the 1937 version of the song.…
