NTA UGC/NET/SET/JRF Political Science Paper 2 - 2024, 2nd Edition, Includes 2023 Solved Papers

CHAPTER 13

Muhammad Iqbal (1877–1938)

INTRODUCTION

Muhammad Iqbal is known as a great poet of Urdu and Persian, and a religious philosopher. Muhammad Iqbal was a great promoter of democratic government which is based on Islamic ideology. He compared liberal democracy’s political ideas to Islamic political ideas and offered a critique of liberal democracy’s political ideas. Initial thoughts of Muhammad Iqbal are marked by the liberal attitude towards politics and nationalism. But in the later phase of his career, Muhammad Iqbal conceded the primacy of religion in politics and promoted the idea of a separate State for Indian Muslims.

KEY EVENTS AND CONTRIBUTION

• 1904—Composed patriotic poem ‘Sare Jahan Se Achcha Hindustan Hamara’.
• 1905—Went Europe ...