New Delhi, Jan. 26 -- West Bengal's 2026 Republic Day tableau, "Swatantrata ka Mantra - Vande Mataram," celebrates 150 years of the song, honouring Bengal's pivotal role in the freedom struggle, featuring Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay, Netaji, Tagore, and Matangini Hazra, and highlights revolutionaries like Khudiram Bose.

The tableau began with Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay, whose composition Vande Mataram in 1875 became the eternal mantra of freedom, igniting patriotism, unity, and devotion to the motherland across generations.

The tableau also reflected Bengal's spiritual and intellectual awakening through Swami Vivekananda and Sri Aurobindo, whose teachings inspired self-belief, inner strength, and national consciousness. Rabindranath ...