Iqbal Day
Public holiday in Pakistan / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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Iqbal Day یومِ اقبال | |
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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 |
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