Question

Which poet wrote “Sare Jahan Se Achchha Hindustan Hamara”?
a. Mohammad Iqbal
b. Rabindranath Tagore
c. Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
d. Ahmed Ghulamali Chagla

Answer 1

Hint: The poet of “Sare Jahan Se Achchha Hindustan Hamara” was a staunch Islamic politician who propagated the ideas of Pakistan, within or without the British Empire.

Complete step by step solution: The authors mentioned in the question are all pre-Independence ones and have made a significant impact among their readers. Let’s look at our options one by one:
a. Mohammad Iqbal – He was a Punjabi Muslim who lived in India and was influenced with the ideas of Muhammad Ali Jinnah. He wrote “Sare Jahan Se Achchha Hindustan Hamara” after the differences of the Muslim League and the Indian National Congress were deemed to have been solved. So, it is the correct option.
b. Rabindranath Tagore – Rabindranath Tagore was a political poet who went on to become a nationalist and wrote his work in Bengali and English. He was not educated in Urdu; hence he cannot be the poet of “Sare Jahan Se Achchha Hindustan Hamara”. So, it is an incorrect option.
c. Bankim Chandra Chatterjee – Bankim Chandra Chatterjee was not fluent in Urdu, so he cannot be the poet of “Sare Jahan Se Achchha Hindustan Hamara”. He was the author of Anandmath, which contains the song Vande Mataram. So, it is an incorrect option.
d. Ahmed Ghulamali Chagla – Ahmed Ghulamali Chagla was a music composer of British India who stayed back in Karachi after partition. He was not a poet. So, it is an incorrect option.

Note: Mohammad Iqbal was also a member of the Indian National Congress alongside Muhammad Ali Jinnah and they both had left the Indian National Congress together for their dream of Pakistan.