Assertion (A) : 'Vande Mataram' was first sung in the Indian National Congress Session in 1896.
Reason (R) : Vande Mataram was included in the book Anandmath written by Swami Vivekanand.
In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below :
'Vande Mataram' was first publicly sung at the 12th session of the Indian National Congress, held in Calcutta in 1896. The song was sung by Rabindranath Tagore. Therefore, Assertion (A) is factually correct.
The song 'Vande Mataram' is indeed from the novel 'Anandmath'. However, the novel 'Anandmath' was written by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, not Swami Vivekananda. Therefore, Reason (R) contains a factual inaccuracy regarding the author.
Based on the analysis:
Thus, the statement "(A) is correct but (R) is not correct" is the appropriate choice.