Question

Who pennned the following lines "Sarfaroshi ki tamanna ab ahamare dil me hai/dekhna hai zor kitna baju-e-qatil me hai"?
1. Bismil
2. Rajguru
3. Bhagat Singh
4. Azad

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 1 : Bismil

The correct answer is Bismil.

• Bismil Azimabadi was an Urdu poet from Patna, Bihar.
• In 1921 he wrote the patriotic poem 'Sarfaroshi ki Tamanna'.
• The poem was immortalized by Ram Prasad Bismil, an Indian freedom fighter, as a war cry during the British Raj period in India.
• The poem was written as an ode to young freedom fighters of the Indian independence movement.
• It has also been associated with the younger generation of inter-war freedom fighters such as Ashfaqullah Khan, Shaheed Bhagat Singh, and Chandrashekhar Azad.

• Bhagat Singh uses a powerful slogan 'Inquilab Zindabad' which became the slogan of India's armed struggle.
• 'Inquilab Zindabad' meaning “Long Live Revolution”, was coined by Moulana Hasrat Mohani in the year 1921. 
• Some of the famous quotes of Bhagat Singh are:-
  • They may kill me, but they cannot kill my ideas. They can crush my body, but they will not be able to crush my spirit.
  • Revolution is an inalienable right of mankind. Freedom is an imperishable birthright of all
• The slogan “Ab bhi jiska khoon nahi khaula khoon nahi vo paani hai, jo desh ke kaam na aaye vo bekaar jawani hai” gave by the Chandra Shekhar Azad.
• Chandra Shekhar Azad popularly known by his self-taken name Azad pledged to liberate the country from the grasp of the British.
  • He was associated with the Hindustan Republican Association (HRA) under its new name of the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association (HSRA).
• Shivaram Rajguru popularly known as Rajguru was a great Indian freedom fighter who played a major role in India’s struggle for Independence.
  • He was the close associate of Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev, and Azad.
  • On March 23, 1931, the three brave revolutionaries Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev, and Rajguru were hanged, on the charge of murder of Deputy Superintendent of Police, J.P. Saunders of Lahore.
  • The protest against the Simon Commission in October 1928 saw the British police lathi-charge the protestors, severely injuring veteran leader Lala Lajpat Rai.
  • Owing to the excessive beating, Lala succumbed to his injuries, which thus instilled revenge in the hearts of the revolutionaries.
  • On December 18, 1928, in Ferozepur, Lahore, a planned retaliation was enforced that led to the assassination of Deputy Superintendent of Police, J.P. Saunders.