When the mantra of Vande Mataram lit the fire of freedom in Nizam’s territory

The article details the 'Vande Mataram' movement in Nizam's Hyderabad in 1938, where students, including a young P.V. Narasimha Rao, protested against the Nizam's government's ban on singing 'Vande Mataram'. This movement, supported by figures like Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, and Subhash Chandra Bose (through Jaisoorya Naidu), was a significant act of nationalism and resistance against the princely state's administration, demanding representative government and foreshadowing the 'Join Indian Union' movement.