Allama Iqbal Characteristics

ALLAMA MUHAMMAD IQBAL, HIS IDEOLOGY AND SERVICES IN MAKING OF PAKISTAN:

INTRODUCTION:

Allama Muhammad Iqbal was a famous Muslim poet from the colonial era, a philosopher and ruminator of Kashmiri inception. He is the most inspiring poet, writer, intellectual and ruminator of modern times. A major Urdu and Persian writer, is a major force behind the engenderment of Pakistan. He is revered in Pakistan as Muffakir-e-Pakistan (The Cogitator of Pakistan) or “The Poet of the East”. Allama Iqbal was born on November 9, 1877 in Sialkot. He set a mind blowing academic record. He did his Masters in Philosophy from Government College, Lahore and joined there as a lecturer. He left for Europe in 1905 and studied Philosophy and Law at the Trinity College, Cambridge, Lincoln’s Inn, London and the Munich University. He was awarded a 'Ph.D. ' by the Munich University. He returned home in 1908 and rejoined accommodation in the Government College, Lahore. He resigned after sometime and commenced practicing Law. He was elected Member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly in 1926 for three years. In 1930 Iqbal was elected President of the Muslim League session held at Allahabad. In 1931 he attended the Round Table Conference which met in London to frame a constitution for India and took active Part in its sundry committees. He was the first to give a concrete shape to the Muslim aspirations in India for 'a separate homeland '.

Along with Muhammad Ali Jinnah, he is considered as one of the