There are several patriotic poems, poems on freedom and independence that capture the essence of freedom, the pain of struggle and the joy of liberation. Indian poets like Rabindranath Tagore, Sarojini Naidu, Bankim Chandra Chatterjee and others have documented the struggles that Indians went through for hundreds of years before being given the gift of independence. Here’s the list of seven small patriotic poems by iconic Indian poets that celebrate freedom on this Independence Day.
Indian Patriotic Poems For Independence Day 2025
Rabindranath Tagore
Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high
Where knowledge is free
Where the world has not been broken up into fragments
By narrow domestic walls
Where words come out from the depth of truth
Where tireless striving stretches its arms towards perfection
Where the clear stream of reason has not lost its way
Into the dreary desert sand of dead habit
Where the mind is led forward by thee
Into ever-widening thought and action
Into that heaven of freedom, my Father, let my country awake
Sarojini Naidu
Weavers, weaving at break of day,
Why do you weave a garment so gay? . . .
Blue as the wing of a halcyon wild,
We weave the robes of a new-born child.
Weavers, weaving at fall of night,
Why do you weave a garment so bright? . . .
Like the plumes of a peacock, purple and green,
We weave the marriage-veils of a queen.
Weavers, weaving solemn and still,
What do you weave in the moonlight chill? . . .
White as a feather and white as a cloud,
We weave a dead man’s funeral shroud.
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Bankim Chandra Chattopadhayay
Vande maataram..
Vande maataram..
Maataram..
Sujalaam sufalaam malayaj sheetalaam
Sasyashyaamalaam maataram
Vande..
Shubhrajyotsna pulakit yaaminiim
Phulla kusumita drumadal shobhiniim
Suhaasinim sumadhura bhaashhinim
Sukhadaam varadaam
Maataram.. vande maataram
Sapta koti kantha kalakala ninaada karaale
Nisapta koti bhujaidhruta kharakarvaale
Sapta koti kantha kalakala ninaada karaale
Nisapta koti bhujaidhruta kharakarvaale
Ka bola ka noma eith bole
Bahubal dhaariniin namaami taariniim
Ripudalavaariniin maataram
Vande maataram …
Tumi vidyaa tumi dharma, tumi hridi tumi marma
Tvan hi praanaah shariire
Baahute tumi maa shakti,
Hridaye tumi maa bhakti,
Tomaarai pratimaa gadi mandire mandire
Vande maataram..
Tvan hi durgaa dashapraharanadhaarinii
Kamalaa kamaladala vihaarinii
Vaanii vidyaadaayinii, namaami tvaam
Namaami kamalaan amalaan atulaam
Sujalaan sufalaan maataram
Vande maataram..
Shyaamalaan saralaan susmitaan bhuushhitaam
Dharaniin bharaniin maataram
Vande maataram….
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Ram Prasad Bismil
Sarfaroshi ki tamanna ab hamare dil mein hai
Dekhna hai zor kitna baazu-e-qaatil mein hai
Aye watan Karta nahin kyun doosra kuch baat-cheet
Dekhta hun main jise woh chup teri mehfil mein hai
Aye shaheed-e-mulk-o-millat main tere oopar nisaar
Ab teri himmat ka charcha ghair ki mehfil mein hai
Sarfaroshi ki tamanna ab hamaare dil mein hai
Waqt aanay dey bata denge tujhe aye aasman
Hum abhi se kya batayen kya hamare dil mein hai
Khainch kar layee hai sab ko qatl hone ki ummeed
Aashiqon ka aaj jumghat koocha-e-qaatil mein hai
Sarfaroshi ki tamanna ab hamare dil mein hai
Hai liye hathiyaar dushman taak mein baitha udhar
Aur hum taiyyaar hain seena liye apna idhar
Khoon se khelenge holi gar vatan muskhil mein hai
Sarfaroshi ki tamanna ab hamare dil mein hai
Haath jin mein ho junoon katt te nahi talvaar se
Sar jo uth jaate hain voh jhukte nahi lalkaar se
Aur bhadkega jo shola-sa humare dil mein hai
Sarfaroshi ki tamanna ab hamare dil mein hai
Hum to ghar se nikle hi the baandhkar sar pe kafan
Jaan hatheli par liye lo barh chale hain ye qadam
Zindagi to apni mehmaan maut ki mehfil mein hai
Sarfaroshi ki tamanna ab hamaare dil mein hai
Yuun khadaa maqtal mein qaatil kah rahaa hai baar baar
Kya tamannaa-e-shahaadat bhi kisee ke dil mein hai
Dil mein tuufaanon ki toli aur nason mein inqilaab
Hosh dushman ke udaa denge humein roko na aaj
Duur reh paaye jo humse dam kahaan manzil mein hai
Wo jism bhi kya jism hai jismein na ho khoon-e-junoon
Toofaanon se kya lade jo kashti-e-saahil mein hai
Sarfaroshi ki tamanna ab hamaare dil mein hai.
Dekhna hai zor kitna baazuay qaatil mein hai.
Pandit Makhanlal Chaturvedi
Chah Nahin Mai Surbala Ke
Gehnon Mein Guntha Jaaon.
Chah Nahin Premi Mala Mein
Bindh, Pyari Ko Lalchaon.
Chah Nahin Samraton Ke Shav Par,
He Hari Dala Jaaon.
Chah Nahin Devon Ke Sar Par
Chadhon, Bhagya Par Itraoon.
Mujhey Tod Lena Banmali,
Us Path Par Tum Dena Phaink,
Matra Bhoomi Per Sheesh Chadhaney,
Jis Path Jaayen Veer Anek.
Harivansh Rai Bachchan
Ham aise aazaad, hamara jhanda hai baadal,
Chandi, sone, heere, moti se sajati gudiyan,
Inse aatankit karne ki beet gayi ghadiyan,
Inse saj dhaj baitha karte jo hain kathputle
Hamane tode abhi fainki hain bedhi hathkadiyan.
Parampara gat purkhon ki hamane jagrit ki phir se
Utha sheesh par rakha hamane him kireet ujjawal
Ham aise aazaad hamara jhanda hai baadal.
Chandi here moti se sajawa chhate,
Jo apne sir dharvaate the vo ab sharmate
Phoolkaari barsaane waali toot gayi duniya
Vajaron ke waahan ambar mein nirbhay gehraate.
Indrrayudh bhi ek baar himmat se ote’,
Chhatra hamara nirmit karte saath koti kartal,
Ham aise aazaad hamara jhanda hai baadal
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Shyamlal Gupta
Vijayi vishwa tiranga pyaara,
Jhanda ooncha rahe hamaara,
Sada Shakti barsaane waala,
Prem sudha sursaane waala,
Veeron ko harshaane waala
Matribhumi ka tan man saara
Jhanda ooncha rahe hamaara
Swantrata ke bheeshan ran mein
Lakhkar josh badhe kshan kshan mein
Kaampe shatru dekhkar man mein
Mit jaave bhay sankat saara
Jhanda ooncha rahe hamaara
Is jhande ke neeche nirbhay
Ho swaraj janam ka nishchay
Bolo Bharat Mata ki jay
Swantrata hi dhyay hamara
Jhanda ooncha rahe hamara
Aao pyaaro veero aao
Desh jaati per bali bali jaao
Ek saath sab mil kar gaao
Pyaara Bharat desh hamara
Jhanda ooncha rahe hamara
Iski shaan na jaane pave
Chahe jaan bhale hi jaave
Vijay Vijay kar ke dikhlave
Sab hove pran poorn hamaara
Jhanda ooncha rahe hamaara
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APJ Abdul Kalam
Our’s is a land of sages,
Known for bravery for ages.
None can with it compete,
Its culture none can beat.
Whatever caste or religion,
All live here in unison.
With rivers, sweet fountains,
it’s a land of high mountains.
Its green forests are pretty,
And are the source of prosperity.
Let’s for it work hard,
For its safety, be on guard.
Dr John Celes
My sleep got disturbed, thrice that day;
I could not sleep tho’ a holiday;
My mind was filled with thoughts unclear;
I got up in the morn, much earlier;
‘Twas India’s Independence Day!
Thunder, lightning filled the night’s Sky;
The day much overcast did fly;
The Rain was just a drizzle that day;
Wetted the ground of mud and clay;
‘Twas 15th of August, a rainy day.
The pea-birds howled and groaned that night;
The Rain made them shiver with fright;
Though ten, it looked like six in the morn;
The Sun behind the clouds had gone;
The Sky ground-glass remained that day.
The leaky tap-waters that fell,
Raised wavelets, ploppy-toned and swell;
Rain-drops on cables looked like pearls;
Dropped, formed again, enticing souls;
It looked it would rain long that day.
Rain-drops hanging beneath fir-twigs;
Glittered in the scarce light like figs;
The whole tree was aglow, alit;
A thing of beauty, don’t miss it!
The Sky looked like a barred-white board!
A frail, brown-skinned, bony human,
With sack on head, bent-back, he ran!
The Indian was agonizing!
Tho’ people keep sermonizing!
Fifty years after Independence!
What good was done for the common-man?