Iqbal Day

This day is celebrated to mark the birth anniversary of Allama Muhammad Iqbal on 9th November. Allama Muhammad Iqbal was the renowned national poet of Pakistan whose poetry in Urdu and Persian is considered to be among the greatest of the modern era and whose vision of an independent state for the Muslims of British India was to inspire the creation of Pakistan. On this day, works of Iqbal, his philosophy and teachings and his active participation in the creation of Pakistan is remembered.