Who wrote the song Saare Jahan Se Achha

Who wrote the song Saare Jahan Se Achha?

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About the song

Saare Jahan Se Achha is a very popular Indian patriotic song. Every Indian is known to remember the song by heart. It has special emotions connected to the song’s lyrics and music. This beautiful song was written by Muhammad Iqbal in the Urdu Language. On 16th August 1904, the song was first published in the weekly journal titled ‘Ittehad’ . In 1924, it was further released in the Urdu book named Bang-i-Dara.

The song has a history of being formally known as Taranah-e-Hindi which means ‘Anthem of the People of Hindustan’. It was originally written for children in the ghazal style of Urdu Poetry and was publicly recited for the first time at a Government College, in Lahore, British India (now in Pakistan). The anthem was in opposition to the British government and added wings to the fight for freedom.

About the writer

Muhammad Iqbal has depicted beautiful meaning through lyrics and featured the country in a single line. He was an all-rounder like the philosopher, poet and above all a politician. It was first originally written by him. He contributed to this most enduring patriotic poem through the Urdu Language. He was invited by a student named Lala Har Dayal to address the students but instead of giving a speech 27 years old Muhammad Iqbal delivered his thoughts by singing ‘Saare Jahan Se Achha’. He added the lines not only about the land of Hindustan but also expressed its cultural memory which had an elegiac quality.