Allama Iqbal’s Presidential Address-1930
PRELUDE
On December 30,1930 the annual
meeting of the All India Muslim League was held at Allahabad. Allama Iqbal
presided over the meeting .On this occasion he delivered his famous historical
address which proved to be a milestone in the proceeding to make a demand for
an independent Muslim State.
MAIN POINTS OF
THE ADDRESS
1. N.W.F.P Sind, Punjab and
Baluchistan should be combined in one state.
2. The Muslims are entirely a different nation from Hindus .Their way of living and social manners are totally different from the Hindus. Their religion is entirely different in nature from other relations. Thus the Muslims should get a state of their own in the area of Muslim majority where they may be able to cultivate their own religious and moral traditions.
2. The Muslims are entirely a different nation from Hindus .Their way of living and social manners are totally different from the Hindus. Their religion is entirely different in nature from other relations. Thus the Muslims should get a state of their own in the area of Muslim majority where they may be able to cultivate their own religious and moral traditions.
IMPORTANCE OF
THE ADDRESS
Iqbal’s speech at the League session
created a mild flutter but generally it was not taken seriously. Though he had,
in detail explained the basis leading to demand a separate homeland .He
mentioned that Islam was not simply the name of a few creeds, the oral reorganization
of which would make our ideal Muslim. It had given its followers, the concept
of a particular and unique political society which covered all the phases of
their life.
Even though the Muslims of South Asia
were disorganized and lay scattered in different parts of the region, yet their
central position was the same. They had the same culture, the same history and
same civilization. These elements gave similarity and agreement to all the
Muslims of the Sub Continent on the one hand and made them quite distinct from
the Hindus on the other.
In his Presidential address ,Allama
Iqbal said:
“I would like to see the Punjab, North west frontier province, Sind and
Baluchistan amalgamated into a single state. Self government within the British
empire without the British empire, the formation of a consolidated North West
Indian Muslim State appears to me to be the final destiny of the Muslims at
least of north west India.”
CONCLUSIVE
SENTENCES
It is on his Allahabad address that
Allama Iqbal is known as the dreamer of Pakistan. His address proved to be a
milestone in the history of the Sub Continent and the creation of Pakistan.
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