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Who composed the famous song 'Saare Jahan Se Achcha

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Who composed the famous song 'Saare Jahan Se Achcha
aRabindra Nath Tagore
bMohammad Iqbal
cJai Dev
dBakim Chandra Chatterjee
✓ Correct answer: b) Mohammad Iqbal
Explanation"Sare Jahan se Accha", formally known as "Tarānah-e-Hindi" , is an Urdu language patriotic song for children written by poet Allama 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.Hence, the correct answer is Option B i.e Mohammad Iqbal.

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