Dr. Allama Muhammad Iqbal

 Allama Iqbal was born in Sialkot on 9^th November, 1877. He received his early education at Sialkot. Then he joined Govt. College, Lahore and did his M.A in Philosophy there. He worked as lecturer in Philosophy in Govt. College, Lahore. Then he went to England for higher studies. He obtained the degree of Bar-at-Law from the Cambridge University.

He was a great poet, philosopher, thinker, and politician in British India. He wrote his works in Urdu and Persian. He conveyed his ideas through poetry. His “Bange-Dara”, “Bale-Gibreel”, “Zarb-i-Kalim” and “Israr-e-Khudi” are very appealing collections of his poems.

Allama Iqbal was a poetic reformer. He took interest in the politics of the days to safeguard the interests of the Muslims. He gave the idea of a separate homeland for the Muslims. . He was knighted by the then British Government. He attended the Round Table Conference in London in 1931.

Allama Iqbal breathed his last in 1938. His life was rather short but full of honors and activities. He will live as long as mankind will need inspiration to fight against wrongs, injustices, and miseries.