Delhi University’s Academic Council (AC) on Friday cleared a number of syllabi changes, including the scrapping of poet Mohd Iqbal from the BA political science syllabus, officials aware of the matter said. They added that the council also approved proposals to set up new centres for Partition Studies, Hindu Studies and Tribal Studies. Iqbal who wrote the popular song “Sare jahan se acha Hindustan hamara” is one of the most prominent Urdu and Persian poets of the Indian subcontinent. He is often referred to by the honorific Allama and was…
Read MoreDelhi University removes poet Mohd Iqbal, Writer of ‘Sare Jahan Se Acha’, from BA Syllabus
