The whole basis of history is facts. People, happenings, dates. Dates are often a starting point. For example, the story of Allama Iqbal, and the lead-up to the Allahabad Address,l started with his birth, One could go back even further, to the marriage of his parents, their respective births, or forward, to his entry into Murray College, or Government College Lahore, or Heidelberg University, but the point of entry would always be a date.
And everyone knows he was born on 9 November 1877, and every year November 9 is duly celebrated as Iqbal Day.
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