In 1920s, it became more political image sometimes including images of Mahatma Gandhi and Bhagat Singh. As the British Raj created cartographic shape of India through the Geological Survey of India, the Indian nationalist developed it into an icon of nationalism. Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay in 1882 wrote a novel Anandamath and introduced the hymn 'Vande Mātaram', which soon became the song of the emerging freedom movement in India. The Manushi magazine story traces origin to a satirical work Unabimsa Purana or The Nineteenth Purana by Bhudeb Mukhopadhyay which was first published anonymously in 1866. Thus they are inspired and led rebellion which result in defeat of the British. The priest takes them to temple where they were shown Bharat Mata. The play set in 1770 Bengal famine depicted a woman and her husband who went to forest and encounters rebels. A play by Kiran Chandra Bannerjee, Bhārat Mātā, was first performed in 1873. The image of Bhāratmātā formed with the Indian independence movement of the late 19th century.
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