Who is known as the Poet of the East and is credited with the idea of a separate Muslim state in South Asia?
- A. Faiz Ahmed Faiz
- B. Allama Muhammad Iqbal ✓
- C. Mirza Ghalib
- D. Hafeez Jalandhari
Correct answer
B. Allama Muhammad Iqbal
Explanation
Allama Muhammad Iqbal articulated the idea of a separate Muslim homeland in his 1930 Allahabad Address. He is widely regarded as the ideological founder of Pakistan and is called the Poet of the East (Shair-e-Mashriq).