| Iqbal Day یومِ اقبال | |
|---|---|
| Official name | Iqbal Day |
| Also called | یومِ ولادتِ محمد اقبال transliterated as Yōm-e Welādat-e Muḥammad Iqbāl |
| Observed by |  Pakistan |
| Date | 9 November |
| Frequency | Annual |
Iqbal Day (Urdu: یومِ اقبال, romanized: Yōm-e Iqbāl) is the birthday of Muhammad Iqbal on 9 November. The day was a public holiday in all provinces and federal administrative areas of Pakistan until 2015.[1][2] The Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif Again restored public holiday in 2022. Iqbal, a poet and philosopher, was a great inspiration for the Pakistan Movement.[3]
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- ^ "National Holiday November 9". Brecorder.com. 6 November 2010. Archived from the original on 5 August 2012. Retrieved 24 January 2012.
- ^ "Seminar on Allama Iqbal held at Preston University". Preston.Edu.PK. Retrieved 13 August 2012.