Tag Archives: War Poems for Students

Jallianwala Bagh (जलियाँवाला बाग) is a public garden in Amritsar, and houses a memorial of national importance, established in 1951 by the Government of India, to commemorate the massacre of peaceful celebrators including unarmed women and children by British occupying forces, on the occasion of the Punjabi New Year (Baisakhi) on 13 April 1919 in the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre. Colonial …

Muharram marks the beginning of the Islamic New Year, but it is a period of mourning where Muslim Shia community commemorates the martyrdom of Hazrat Imam Hussain, the son of Hazrat Ali and grandson of Prophet Muhammad. Similar to last year, Dussehra and Ashura (10th day of Muharram) will be celebrated consecutively this year too. Both events in the history …

The Gift of India: Sarojini Naidu The Gift of India is a poem written in 1915 by the Indian poet, freedom fighter and politician Sarojini Naidu. The poem is a tribute to the contribution of Indian soldiers in World War I. Over 10 lakh Indian soldiers from the British Indian Empire served in the Allied forces in the First World …

आई अब की साल दिवाली मुँह पर अपने खून मले आई अब की साल दिवाली चारों तरफ़ है घोर अन्धेरा घर में कैसे दीप जले आई अब की साल दिवाली… बालक तरसे फुलझड़ियों को (दीपों को दीवारें – २) माँ की गोदी सूनी सूनी (आँगन कैसे संवारे – २) राह में उनकी जाओ उजालों बन में जिनकी शाम ढले आई …

World is run by people who live a life full of actions. Geeta teaches Karma-yoga to us. The same thought prevails in this poem by Dinkar. It is one of those poems that fill us with enthusiasm and a will to achieve some thing in life. Only Ramdhari Singh Dinkar can exhort like this. A lovely poem indeed. दिनकर जी …

War has an important role in Nation building. A nation that has not experienced war becomes weaker. War ensures peace. This is the perspective on war provided by the well-known poet Kanhaiyalal Sethia. युद्ध नहीं है नाश मात्र ही युद्ध स्वयं निर्माता है, लड़ा न जिस ने युद्ध राष्ट्र वह कच्चा ही रह जाता है, नहीं तिलक के योग्य शीश …

दोहराता हूँ सुनो रक्त से लिखी हुई क़ुरबानी। जिसके कारन मिट्टी भी चन्दन है राजस्थानी।। रावल रत्न सिंह को छल से कैद किया खिलजी ने काल गई मित्रों से मिलकर दाग किया खिलजी ने खिलजी का चित्तोड़ दुर्ग में एक संदेशा आया जिसको सुनकर शक्ति शौर्य पर फिर अँधियारा छाया दस दिन के भीतर न पद्मिनी का डोला यदि आया …

Here is a gem taken from the all-time classic “Rashmirathi”. Dinkar Ji abhors the animal instincts that linger just under the surface of humanity. He abhors the glorification of war by the society. No right thinking human being would want the death and destruction that invariably occurs in a war, but still at times war gets all out support from societies. …

Here is an old classic poem by Subhadra Kumari Chauhan, who also wrote the evergreen poem – Jhansi Ki Rani. Her writing career unfortunately came to an early end as she died at the age of 42, in a road accident. That happened before the country attained freedom. That explains the last stanza of this poem where she says that …