Academics

The Delhi University (DU) decided to remove passed a motion to remove a chapter on Pakistan’s national poet Muhammad Iqbal from the political science syllabus. The Academic Council of DU passed a resolution in this regard, confirming members of the statutory body. Born in 1877 in Sialkot in undivided India, Iqbal wrote the famous song Saare jahan se achcha. He is often credited with giving the idea of Pakistan.