which indian leader popularized the celebration of ganesh chaturthi
Ganesh Chaturthi It is unclear when the festival started, it may have South Indian origins, but historical evidence suggests it became a major social and public event with sponsorship of Shivaji after Mughal-Maratha wars, and again in the 19th century after public appeal by Indian freedom fighter Lokmanya Tilak,[13] who championed it as a means to circumvent the colonial British government ban on Hindu gatherings through its anti-public assembly legislation in 1892.[14][15][8]
Jana Gana Mana "Jana Gana Mana" (Bengali: [ɟənə gəɳə mənə]) is the national anthem of India. It is composed in Bengali by poet Rabindranath Tagore.[1][2] The National Anthem of India Jana-gana-mana, composed originally in Bengali by Rabindranath Tagore, was adopted in its Hindi version by the Constituent Assembly as the National Anthem of India on 24 January 1950. [3]