The Role of Progressive Urdu Poets in the Khilafat Movement

Abstract

The freedom struggle of India and the struggle for Pakistan is incomplete without discussing the stimulating role and contribution of the Urdu writers and poets to break the chain of slavery of the western domination, on the other hand, the poets played central role in propagating the agenda of the struggle for Pakistan as well as to create political awareness among the Indian Muslims in the undivided India. The present study aims to highlight the role and contribution of the progressive Urdu poets in the Khilafat Movement in Indo-Pak Sub-Continent, the study is historical in nature, secondary sources like books, articles and internet have been consulted to address the present work, it was found that the intellectuals in the shape of writers and poets have played an outstanding role in the freedom struggle and the struggle for Pakistan and on the basis of such, the Muslims of India remained successful in getting an independent state in the shape of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.

Keywords: Khilafat Movement, Progressive Urdu Poets, Freedom Struggle, Indo-Pak Subcontinent, Political Awareness, Urdu Literature, Anti-Colonialism