Poet Iqbal to be posthumously honoured with Tarana-e-Hind

May 28, 2015 19:28

David Patraeus (Chairman, KKR Global Institute) met Prime Minister Narendra Modi today.

Famous Urdu poet Muhammad Iqbal, who penned the popular song 'Saare Jahan Se Achcha', will be posthumously conferred the Tarana-e-Hind award by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee tomorrow.

Iqbal's grandson Waleed Iqbal has come from Pakistan to receive the award at Nazrul Manch from the West Bengal government-run Urdu Academy.

Urdu Academy chairman and Trinamool MP Sultan Ahmed said the CM would hand over the award.

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