Vande Mataram the novel containing it was banned by the British government, but workers and general public defied the ban, many went to colonial prisons repeatedly for singing it, and the ban was overturned by the Indians after they gained independence from the colonial rule. In 1950 (after India's independence), the first two verses of the song were declared the "national song" of the Republic of India, distinct from the national anthem of India, "Jana Gana Mana". The first two verses of the song are an abstract reference to one's mother and motherland, they do not mention any Hindu deity by name,
Bric Gettina Bric Gettina Bric Gettina is a 1025 metres high mountain in the Ligurian Prealps (part of the Ligurian Alps) in Italy. The mountain is located in the province of Savona, in Liguria. In the SOIUSA ("International Standardized Mountain Subdivision of the Alps") it gives the name to the "Costiera del Bric Gettina", a long ridge which, starting from the main chain of the Alps at monte Settepani, heads south-east towards the Ligurian Sea, dividing the valleys Pora and Maremola. On the slopes of Bric Gettina looking towards Pora Valley during the Renaissance period some silver mines have been exploited. On