LAHORE: The nation is celebrating the 138th birthanniversary of great poet and philosopher Allama Muhammad Iqbal today (Monday).A change of guard ceremony was held the mausoleum of Allam Iqbal.Dr Muhammad Iqbal was born on November, 9 in 1877 in Sialkot and went to Government College Lahore before heading to UK and Germany for higher education.He is called The Poet of the East, Thinker of Pakistan and Hakimul Ummat who awakened the nation through his poetry.Iqbal had a dream of a separate country for the Muslims of the subcontinent.Various literary, social event to commemorate the memory of Iqbal have been organized across the country.Allama Iqbal was born in Sialkot, the eldest of five siblings. Iqbal’s father Shaikh Nur Muhammad was a prosperous tailor, well known for his devotion to Islam, and the family raised their children with deep religious grounding.
No comments:
Post a Comment