Sare Jahan se Accha

"Sare Jahan se Accha" (Urdu: سارے جہاں سے اچھا‎; Sāre Jahāṉ se Acchā), formally known as "Tarānah-e-Hindi" (Urdu: ترانۂ ہندی‎, "Anthem of the People of Hindustan"), is an Urdu language patriotic song for children written by poet Muhammad Iqbal in the ghazal style of Urdu poetry.

The song has remained popular, but only in the modern Republic of India.^[a] An abridged version is sung and played frequently as a patriotic song and as a marching song of the Indian Armed Forces.^[1]

References[change | change source]

↑ Imam, Sharjeel (6 July 2016). "Sare Jahan Se Acha: The Idea of India in Early 20th Century Urdu Poetry". The Wire. Retrieved 17 October 2016.

Notes

↑ This little ghazal, composed by the very same man who is the philosophical spiritual father of Pakistan, is now extremely popular—but only in INDIA."

[wire-2] Imam, Sharjeel (6 July 2016). "Sare Jahan Se Acha: The Idea of India in Early 20th Century Urdu Poetry". The Wire. Retrieved 17 October 2016.

[1] This little ghazal, composed by the very same man who is the philosophical spiritual father of Pakistan, is now extremely popular—but only in INDIA."

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