 He is also credited with arranging India's national song, Vande Mātaram, as it is heard today.His original surname was Gadgil, but as they hailed from the village Palus (near Sangli), they came to be known as the "Paluskar" family.Vishnu Digambar Paluskar was born in a Marathi family of Kurundwad, a small town named falling under the Deccan division of Bombay Presidency during British rule, presently in Maharashtra.