| 1 | Origin | 1 |
| 2 | Adoption | 4 |
| 3 | Usage | 5 |
| | Appendices | |
| A. | Jawaharlal Nehru on the National Anthem | 7 |
| B. | Janaganamana Adhinayaka (Roman script) | 10 |
| C. | Janaganamana Adhinayaka (Devanagari script) | 12 |
| D. | The Morning Song of India | 14 |
| E. | Janaganamana (Notation by Herbert Murrill) | 16 |
| F. | Janaganamana (Visva-Bharati Svaralipi) | 18 |
| G. | Mahatma Gandhi on Vande Mataram | 20 |
| H. | Vande Mataram (Roman Script) | 21 |
| I. | Vande Mataram (Devanagari Script) | 22 |
| J. | Vande Mataram (English translation by Sri Aurobindo) | 24 |
| K. | Vande Mataram (Notation by Rabindranath Tagore) | 25 |
| L. | Vande Mataram (Notation by Indira Devi Chaudhurani) | 27 |
