Question

Who is the writer of the song “Sare Jahan Se Achha Hindustan Hamara”?
1. Mohammad Iqbal
2. Rabindranath Tagore
3. Chandra Shekhar Azad
4. Bhagat Singh

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 1 : Mohammad Iqbal

The correct answer is Mohammad Iqbal.

• Mohammad Iqbal is the writer of the song “Sare Jahan Se Achha Hindustan Hamara”.

• The song was written in the Urdu language.
• It is also referred to as “Tarana -e -Hind”.
• It was originally was published in the weekly journal Ittihad on August 16, 1904.

• National Anthem:-
  • The song Jana-Gana-Mana, composed originally in Bengali by Rabindranath Tagore, was adopted in its Hindi version by the Constituent Assembly as the National Anthem of India on 24 January 1950.
  • It was first sung on 27 December 1911 at the Kolkata Session of the Indian National Congress.
  • Rabindranath Tagore had published it in ‘Tatvabodhini’ in 1912 with the title ‘Bharat Bhagya Vidhata’ and translated it into English in 1919 with the title ‘Morning song of India’.
  • The credit of composing the present tune (music) of our national anthem goes to Captain Ram Singh Thakur (an I.N.A. sepoy).
• National Song:-
  • The song ‘Vande Mataram’ was composed in Sanskrit by Bankim Chandra Chatterji.
  • It has an equal status with Jana-Gana-Mana.
  • The first political occasion when it was sung was at the 1896 session of the Indian National Congress.
  • The song was published in the novel ‘Anandmath’, authored by Bankim Chandra Chatterji, and was adopted as the National Song on 24 January 1950.