Iqbal, Muhammad

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Born: Nov 09, 1876 AD
Died: 1938 AD, at 61 years of age.

Nationality: Indian
Categories: Philosophers, Poets


1877 - Born on November 9th in Sialkot, Punjab, British India. He attained a reputation as a poet and philosopher, Iqbal is better remembered as the father of modern Pakistan.

1915 - His most celebrated work, the Persian Asra-e khudi/Secrets of the Self, put forward a theory of the self that was opposite to the traditional abnegation found in Islam.

1922 - He was knighted.

1930 - In his presidential address to the Muslim League, he first suggested that the Muslims of northwestern India should demand a separate nation for themselves.

1938 - Died on April 21st.
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