The correct option is C Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
The author of Vande Mataram is Bankim Chandra Chatterjee. He wrote it in 1870s, which was later included in his 1881 novel Anandamath. It played a vital role in the Indian independence movement, first sung in a political context by Rabindranath Tagore at the 1896 session of the Indian National Congress.