ALLAMA IQBALS ALLAHABAD 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.

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.