In his presidential address to the Muslim League in 1930, he spoke of a need for a "North-West Indian Muslim state". Which of the following person is being referred to here?

Md Iqbal

The correct answer is Option 1 - Md Iqbal

1930: The Urdu poet Mohammad Iqbal speaks of the need for a “North-West Indian Muslim state” as an autonomous unit within a single, loose Indian federation.

The origins of the Pakistan demand have also been traced back to the Urdu poet Mohammad Iqbal, the writer of 'Sare Jahan Se Achha Hindustan Hamara'. In his presidential address to the Muslim League in 1930, the poet spoke of a need for a NorthWest Indian Muslim state. Iqbal, however, was not visualising the emergence of a new country in that speech but a reorganisation of Muslim-majority areas in north-western India into an autonomous unit within a single, loosely structured Indian federation.