Aug 22, 2017: Indian history has been crafted by the leftists who have done nothing more than distorting the facts to put unfit personalities as honourable. One such person which some great minds in India honour are Mohammad Iqbal, the man behind "Pakistan" who held the idea more of a secular symbol. Even in the past, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee praised him to drum up Muslim votes. However, Iqbal is also a pariah in India as many regard him a hypocrite, communal Islamist.
What many secularists till date fight for is the lack of respect for Iqbal. According to them, the song should have been the national anthem of India. However, it wasn't made the song of the nation owing to its Muslim author.
Tarek Fatah, a well-known journalist expressed his views on social media:
He went on by exposing the dark reality behind the nationwide popular song- 'Sare Jahan se acha'
Now, if we look into our history books we will be able to spot Iqbal for the patriotic song he wrote- 'Sare Jahan se acha, Hindustan Humara'.
The song became the anthem of the opposition to British India. 'Tarana-e-Hind' (song of Hindustan) became the catchy phrase at that time. The under mentioned line became the new sensation as it carried the sentiments graciously.
"Mazhab nahin sikhata apas mein bair rakhna, Hindi hain hum, watan hain Hindustan hamara"
(Religion does not teach us to hate each other, we belong to Hind, our nativeland is Hindustan)
In no time, Iqbal underwent into an outright transformation after his return from England. The man who discerned Hindustan as an amalgamation of Hindu-Muslim, returned as an Islamic philosopher only to become Pakistan's progenitor. Sooner he became intolerant of Hindus and wrote Taran-e-mili (song of community), which was the negation of the taran-e-hind he wrote formerly.
From Hindustan humara to Chin o Arab hamaara, this is how Iqbal demonstrated multi-faceted character:
"Chin o Arab hamaara, Hindustan hamaara, Muslim hain hum, watan hain sara jahaan hamaara"
(China and Arabia are ours, Hindustan is ours, we are Muslims, the whole world is our nativeland).
Our history books have entirely omitted the fact where Iqbal proposed the two-nation theory, which ultimately led to the partition of Indian subcontinent and plethora of lives suffered. He is even called the father of the nation (Pakistan).
Iqbal addressed Allahabad session of the Muslim League in December 1930 as president of the session:
"I would like to see Punjab, the North Western Frontier Provinces (NWFP), Sind and Balochistan amalgamated into a single state. Self-government within the British Empire, or without the British empire, through the formation of a consolidated North Western Indian Muslim state, appears to be the final destiny of Muslims, at least of North West India".
He dreamt of Muslims emerging as a Global Power, rising above the political and geographical constraints. The dream of Iqbal is still lived in Pakistan.