Allama Iqbal being remembered on 82nd death anniversary

Last updated on: 22 April,2020 11:37 am

Iqbal was regarded as Sufi poet of the modern age and he was a man of great ideas and dynamics.

ISLAMABAD (APP) – The 82nd death anniversary of Dr .Allama Muhammad Iqbal observed on Tuesday across the country to acknowledge his struggle and services for a separate homeland for the Muslims of the Subcontinent.

Born on November 9, 1877 in Sialkot Dr. Iqbal was a great representative of the Subcontinent and one of the main exponents of the Pakistan Movement.

He was regarded as Sufi poet of the modern age and he was a man of great ideas and dynamics.

Allama Iqbal was both a great poet, thinker and philosopher who infused a revolutionary spirit in the Muslim youth of the Subcontinent at the time through his poetry, and he was given a title of Allama due to his deep thinking and far-sightedness.

Allama Iqbal’s poetry has been translated into Spanish, Chinese, Japanese, English and several other languages. The poet philosopher died on April 21, 1938.