Allama Iqbal Analysis

ALLAMA IQBAL AND ROUND TABLE CONFERENCES:

In 1931, Allama Iqbal attended the Second round Table Conference in London and accommodated as the representative of the Minorities Committee. He returned to Lahore on 30th December 1931 most disappointed at the posture of Mr. Gandhi and other Hindu bellwethers at the conference and convinced more than ever, that the only solution of the political troubles of the sub-continent was a division of the country.

In 1932, Iqbal was invited to attend the Third Round Table Conference. While the Conference was in progress, Iqbal grew so dissatisfied with its proceedings that he resigned and returned to India. In 1936, at the inspirations of Mr. Jinnah, Iqbal undertook the work for the Punjab Parliamentary Board, which was to conduct elections. Muslim politics was in turmoil and chaos as at that time Mr. Jinnah was facing a profoundly arduous time. But in the midst of all this tenebrosity there shone a flickering light in Lahore and this was Iqbal who stood steadfast by Jinnah in those endeavoring days and availed him to charter the course of Indo-Muslim politics.

When Allama Iqbal died as a broken heart without visually perceiving the fulfillment of his ideals, Mr. Jinnah sent this message to his son, “To me he was friend, guide and philosopher and during the most tenebrous moments

All Muslims of the world are indebted to our great cogitator and pay gratitude for his relentless fight for a separate homeland, which transmuted the political postures of other sovereigns. His benevolent accommodations and devotion in the field of poetry, philosophy and metaphysics are unprecedented, which ushered an incipient era of literature and cognizance. His message through his verbal expressions, verbalizations and work will ever vibrate against evil, slavery and