Sarfaroshi Ki Tamanna

Sarfaroshi Ki Tamanna
CountryIndia
LanguageUrdu
Subject(s)Dedicated to the freedom fighters of India
Genre(s)Ghazal
PublisherSabah (Urdu journal from Delhi)
Publication date1922
Lines22 (11 couplets)
Bismil Azimabadi

Sarfaroshi Ki Tamanna is an Urdu patriotic poem written by Bismil Azimabadi as a dedication to young freedom fighters of the Indian independence movement.[1] This poem was popularized by Ram Prasad Bismil. When Ram Prasad Bismil was put on the gallows, the opening lines of this ghazal were on his lips.[2]

  1. ^ Das, Sisir Kumar, "A Chronology of Literary Events / 1911–1956", in Das, Sisir Kumar and various, History of Indian Literature: 1911–1956: Political Movements and Indian Writers, Page 82 Sarfaroshi Ki Tamanna, 1995, published by Sahitya Akademi, ISBN 978-81-7201-798-9, retrieved via Google Books on 19 May 2013
  2. ^ "Interesting Fact - Sarfaroshi Ki Tamanna". Rekhta.