CONTRIBUTIONS OF ALLAMA IQBAL

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 ALLAMA IQBAL
1877 Birth of Allama Iqbal
1922 Knighted by the British
1926 Elected to Punjab Assembly
1930 Presided over the All India Muslim League meeting
1938 Death of Allama Iqbal

Fig 1.1: Allama Muhammad

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 Biography (1877-1938)
1.1
• Allama Iqbal was born in Sialkot in 1877.
• Gained Masters degree from Government college in Lahore.
• Studied various subjects: philosophy, law and etc.
• He was also a poet, taking his inspiration from Holy Quran.
• In 1922, knighted by the British due to his poetry.
• He was also a politician, as in 1926 was elected to Punjab Assembly.
• In 1927, was appointed General Secretary of Muhammad Shafi
group.
• In December 1930 made the famous Allahabad Address(Discussed
in section 1.2)
• Died in 1938

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 Contributions
1.2
• Allama Iqbal used his poetry to awaken Muslims of the
subcontinent to do work in order to improve their position in the
society.
• He gave the idea of establishing a separate Muslim state, and he
also opposed the British rule.
• He believed that in order to achieve the partition, the Muslim
needed to be a much more recognized party.
• In 1930, made a famous Allahabad Address calling for Muslims to
establish a separate Muslim state in which Muslims had political
autonomy.
• Muslim League adopted this idea 10 years later/ “Pakistan
Resolution” 1940

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PART OF ALLAHABAD ADDRESS:
“European democracy cannot be applied to India without recognizing
the fact of communal groups. The Muslim demand for the creation of a
Muslim India within India is perfectly justified. I would like to see Punjab,
NWFP, Sindh and Baluchistan amalgamated into a single state….”

Fig 1.2: Iqbal poetry Fig 1.3: Iqbal poetry

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