History of Kolkata Chandra Pal]]. The early nationalists were inspired by [[Swami Vivekananda]], the foremost disciple of the [[Hindu]] mystic Sri [[Ramakrishna]] and helped by [[Sister Nivedita]], disciple of the former. The rousing cry that awakened India's soul was penned by [[Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay]]. Now the national song of the nation, it is an ode to the land of [[Names of India#Bharat|Bharat]] (India) as the Divine Mother, "[[Vande Mataram]]." The Elgin Road residence of [[Subhas Chandra Bose]] in Calcutta was the place from where he escaped the British to reach Germany during the [[World War II|Second World War]]. He was the co-founder of
Vande Mataram (1985 film) Vande Mataram (1985 film) Vande Mataram (English: Salute to Our Generation; ) is a 1985 Telugu Revolutionary film, produced by Anil Babu under the Krishna Chitra banner, presented by Y. Harikrishna and directed by T. Krishna. It stars Dr. Rajasekhar, Vijayashanti in the lead roles and music composed by Chakravarthy. The film is first debut of actor Dr. Rajasekhar into the Telugu film industry. The popular song "Vandemataram" in the film, written by C. Narayana Reddy was first written much earlier, published in a magazine, made popular by singers of "Praja Natya Mandali". The singer Srinivas who sung it for