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The National Anthem of Pakistan, [a] also known by its incipit "The Sacred Land", [b] is the national anthem of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and formerly the Dominion of Pakistan. [1] First composed by Ahmad G. Chagla in 1949, lyrics in Persified Urdu were later written by Hafeez Jalandhari in 1952.
Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle, the composer of the French national anthem "La Marseillaise", sings it for the first time. The anthem is one of the earliest to be adopted by a modern state, in 1795. Most nation states have an anthem, defined as "a song, as of praise, devotion, or patriotism"; most anthems are either marches or hymns in style. A song or hymn can become a national anthem under ...
Out of the 723 people who competed to write the national anthem, Hafeez Jalandhari's lyrics were selected as the national anthem of Pakistan. [2] Then this national anthem of Pakistan was composed by Ahmed Ghulamali Chagla also known as Ahmed G. Chagla. Hafeez Jalandhari was unique in Urdu poetry for the enchanting melody of his voice and ...
Song Artists Notes Year "Qurban Huye" [1] Rahat Fateh Ali Khan [2]: Released by ISPR on the occasion of Defence and Martyrs Day: 2023 "Pakistan National Anthem" [3] (Remake) Abid Brohi, Arif Lohar, Taj Mastani, Sehar Gul Khan, Sidra Kanwal, Amrina, Abdullah Qureshi, Bilal Saeed, Faakhir Mehmood, Humaira Javed, Umair Jaswal [2]
"O Land of the Pure" is claimed to be Pakistan's first national anthem, which was broadcast on the country's national radio on 14 August 1947. [1] An unsubstantiated claim is that it was composed by Jagannath Azad at the request of Mohammad Ali Jinnah .
In 1948, Chagla was appointed as a member of the National Anthem Committee (NAC) of Pakistan, tasked with creating the national anthem of Pakistan. The impending state visit to Pakistan by the Shah of Iran in 1950 created an impetus for a national anthem to be ready with or without lyrics. The NAC examined several different tunes and selected a ...
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"Torana-i-Pakistan", [a] more popularly known as "Pakistan Zindabad", [b] was an alternative national anthem sung by people of East Pakistan during its existence until liberation of Bangladesh in 1971.