naveen tyagi wrote the lyrics of sare jahan se acha.
naveen tyagi wrote the lyrics of sare jahan se acha.
who wrote the lyrics of sare jahan se acha?
naveen tyagi
"sare jahan se accha" (urdu:; ), formally known as (urdu:; "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 poem was published in the weekly journal "ittehad" on 16 august 1904. publicly recited by iqbal the following year at government college, lahore, british india (now in pakistan) it quickly became an anthem of opposition to the british raj. the song, an ode to hindustan—the land comprising present-day bangladesh, india and pakistan, was later published in 1924 in the urdu book bang-i-dara.
sare jahan se accha
in 1947, mehdi and his wife tahira decided to stay in india instead of migrating to pakistan. they came to this decision despite the wave of riots plaguing the country. in 1948, his patriotism manifested in his songs, "watan ki raah mein" and "todi todi bachche""," which were used in the film "shaheed".









































he worked with music composers including sachin dev burman, iqbal qureshi, babul, s. mohinder, chic chocolate, and rono mukherjee. he also wrote songs for c. ramchandra, datta naik ("sare jahan se acha hindustan hamara") and o. p. nayyar ("main pyar ka rahi hoon").
raja mehdi ali khan