Who among the following wrote the poem, *Subh-e Azadi*?
- ASahir Ludhiyanvi
- BFaiz Ahmed FaizCorrect
- CMuhammad Iqbal
- DMaulana Abul Kalam Azad
Explanation
The correct answer is Faiz Ahmed Faiz. He was a renowned revolutionary Urdu poet who wrote Subh-e Azadi, which translates to Dawn of Freedom, in August 1947. The poem is famous for expressing the poet's deep anguish and disillusionment over the partition of India and Pakistan. In this work, Faiz describes the independence not as the bright dawn he had hoped for, but as a stained and darkened light because of the violence and suffering that accompanied it. Sahir Ludhiyanvi was also a progressive poet but is not the author of this specific work. Muhammad Iqbal is best known for Saare Jahan Se Achha, and Maulana Abul Kalam Azad was a political leader and scholar known for his prose and journals rather than this poem.
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