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Muhammad Iqbal, the renowned poet and lawyer by profession, was born on November 9, 1877 at Sialkot, Punjab of British India. He wrote "Saare Jahan Se Acchha" but later he joined Muslim League.
"Mazhab Nahi Sikhata Aapas Mein Bair Rakhna" is a portion of the famous song "Saare Jahan Se Acchha" written by Muhammad Iqbal.
Manoranjan Prasad Singh wrote poem "Firangiya" in Bhojpuri against British Colonialism.
The pamphlet entitled ‘Why I Am an Atheist?’ was written by Bhagat Singh.
The song ‘Amar Sonar Bangla’ was written and composed by Rabindranath Tagore during the Bengal partition movement of 1905. The music of this song is inspired by the melody of the Hymn ‘Ami Kothay Pabo Tare’ written by Gagan Harkara. Bangladesh adopted the first 10 lines of this song as its National Anthem. Syed Ali Ahsan translated the song in English. It is noteworthy that Rabindranath Tagore wrote the National Anthem of India ‘Jana Gana Mana’. He is the only poet of the world whose compositions have been adopted as the national anthem of two countries.
Sarojini Naidu is the author of the collection of a poem called “The Golden Threshold.”
Songs from Prison is a book of translation from Sanskrit hymns and lyrics, from the Upanishads and other scriptures. Mahatma Gandhi made these translations during his incarceration in Yeravada Prison in 1932.
The book “Landmarks in Indian Constitution and National Development” is a masterpiece of Gurmukh Nihal Singh. He also served as the first Governor of Rajasthan from 1956 to 1962.
The editor of “Congress Presidential Addresses” was G.A. Natesan. The book was published in two parts. The first part of the book compiled the presidential addresses of Congress from 1885 to 1910 while the other part comprised the presidential address of Congress from 1911 to 1934.
