Iqbal Day
{{Short description|Public holiday in Pakistan}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2018}}
{{Use Pakistani English|date=March 2018}}
{{Infobox holiday
|holiday_name = Iqbal Day
{{Nastaliq|یومِ اقبال}}
|type =
|image =
|caption =
|alt = The flag of Pakistan hoisted at the top of National Monument
|official_name = Iqbal Day
|nickname= {{nq|یومِ ولادتِ محمد اقبال}} transliterated as Yōm-e Welādat-e Muḥammad Iqbāl
|observedby = {{PAK}}
|longtype =
|month = November
|duration = 1 day
|frequency = Annual
|date = 9 November
|celebrations =
}}
Iqbal Day ({{langx|ur|{{Nastaliq|یومِ اقبال}}|Yōm-e Iqbāl}}) is the birthday of Islamic philosopher and poet Muhammad Iqbal on 9 November, celebrated as a public holiday in Pakistan. The public holiday status was removed in 2015,{{cite web |date=2010-11-06 |title=National Holiday November 9 |url=http://www.brecorder.com/top-stories/single/595/0/1121782/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120805171604/http://www.brecorder.com/top-stories/single/595/0/1121782/ |archive-date=5 August 2012 |access-date=2012-01-24 |publisher=Brecorder.com}}{{cite web |date=7 November 2018 |title=No public holiday on Iqbal Day in 'Naya Pakistan' |url=https://www.samaa.tv/news/2018/11/no-public-holiday-on-iqbal-day-in-naya-pakistan/}} however was restored in 2022 by prime minister Minister Shehbaz Sharif.{{cite web |title=Seminar on Allama Iqbal held at Preston University |url=http://www.preston.edu.pk/allama_iqbal.php |access-date=2012-08-13 |publisher=Preston.Edu.PK}}
History of Muhammad Iqbal
Iqbal day is organized and celebrated on 9 November every year in all the provinces as a tribute to Allama Muhammad Iqbal, the "Poet of the East".{{cite web|url=http://www.geo.tv/4-26-2011/80802.htm|title=Literary symposium held on Iqbal Day in US|publisher=Geo.TV|date=2011-04-26|access-date=2012-08-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110502062220/http://www.geo.tv/4-26-2011/80802.htm|archive-date=2 May 2011|url-status=dead}} Iqbal was born on 9 November 1877 in Sialkot, within the Punjab Province of British India (now in Pakistan). He died on 21 April 1938 in Lahore, Punjab, British India. The Government of Pakistan has officially declared him the national poet.{{cite web |url=http://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2011/04/allama-iqbal%E2%80%99s-73rd-death-anniversary-observed-with-reverence/ |title=Allama Iqbal's 73rd death anniversary observed with reverence|publisher=Pakistan Today|date=2011-04-21|access-date=2012-08-14}}{{cite web|url=http://www.allamaiqbal.com/|title=Iqbal|publisher=Iqbal Academy Pakistan|access-date=2012-08-14|archive-date=21 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221223540/http://www.allamaiqbal.com/|url-status=dead}}