"I would like to see the Punjab, North-West Frontier Province, Sind and Baluchistan amalgamated into a single State. Self-government within the British Empire, or without the British Empire, the formation of a consolidated North-West Indian Muslim State appears to me to be the final destiny of the Muslims, at least of North-West India."

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Source: Sir Muhammad Iqbal (1978). “Letters of Iqbal”

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Muhammad Iqbal

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Muhammad Iqbal was a prominent philosopher and poet in British India, known for his influential works advocating for self-discovery and freedom.

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