Who Wrote the Famous Patriotic Song “Sare Jahan Se Acha Hindustan Hamara”?

Writer of Sare Jahan Se Acha Hindustan Hamara

‘Sare Jahan Se Acha Hindustan Hamara’ is a patriotic song in the Urdu language in the ghazal style. It was first published in the weekly journal Ittehad on 16 August 1904. It is an anthem for the people of India. Mohammad Iqbal recited this song at Government College, Lahore (now in Pakistan) when he was invited by a student Lala Har Dayal to preside over a function.

• Mohammad Iqbal was a Kashmiri Muslim who was born in Sialkot, Punjab, on 9 November 1877. He was a writer, philosopher, and politician.
• He was also known as Mufakkir-e-Pakistan and Hakeem-ul-Ummat.
• Sare Jahan Se Acha Hindustan Hamara became an anthem for the opposition to British rule in India.
• Mohammad Iqbal became the national poet of Pakistan after its separation from India in 1947.

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Who Wrote the Famous Patriotic Song Sare Jahan Se Acha Hindustan Hamara?

Mohammad Iqbal was the writer of the famous patriotic song ‘Sare Jahan Se Acha Hindustan Hamara’. He died on 21 April 1938 at the age of 60 in Lahore, Punjab Province, British India. In India, the song continues to be popular. A shortened version is frequently sung and performed as a marching song for the Indian Armed Forces. 

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