Qaumi Taranah

High school (ages 12+)
People & Society

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

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Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the year of musical composition?1949
2. What is the year of lyric composition?1952
3. Who made the music and who wrote the words?The music was written by Ahmad G. Chagla in 1949. The words were written by poet Hafeez Jalandhari in 1952.
4. When did the anthem first play on the radio?The anthem first played on Radio Pakistan on August 13, 1954. It was sung by Jalandhari himself.

National Anthem: A patriotic musical composition officially adopted by a nation to represent its identity and sovereignty.
Classical Urdu: A formal and literary register of the Urdu language, characterized by its sophisticated vocabulary and poetic conventions.
National Cohesion: The process by which a nation's diverse populations are integrated and unified under a common identity and set of values.
Sonic Emblem: A sound or piece of music that serves as a recognizable symbol of a particular entity, such as a nation.