MUHAMMAD ALI JINNAH

Presented by:AQSA ATTIQ

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He was born on 25 December 1876 in Karachi

Early Life• His father was a

prosperous Muslim merchant named Jinnah Poonja.

• He received his early education at the Sindh Madrasah and later at the Mission School, Karachi.

Cont…

• His father wanted him to acquire business experience but he decided to become a barrister.

Jinnah’s father

Lincoln’s Inn

• He studied at Bombay university and at Lincoln’s Inn in London. He became the youngest barrister of India.

The gate house, Lincoln’s Inn, London.

Cont…

• Married at the age of 16 years, he left India and went to London but both his mother and wife died when he was there.

Cont…• When he was in England he observed that

many people from India became slaves and were treated poorly.

• He realized that there’s a difference of treatment between the rulers and the ruled.

Political Career• He started his political life as Dadabhai

Naoroji’s personal secretary.• Quaid-e-Azam joined Indian National

Congress in 1896.• In his early career Jinnah supported the

British because he thought that they would grant Indians political freedom.

Membership of All India Muslim League

• In 1913 he joined Muslim league with out leaving Congress.

• In 1916 he became the president of Muslim league and began to work for Hindu-Muslim unity.

Jinnah’s Second Marriage

• Jinnah married again with a woman named Rattanbai Petit in 1918.

• Her religion was parsi, which was different from Jinnah's.

• When Rattanbai turned 18 she converted to Islam and changed her name to Maryam.

• In 1919, Quaid-e-Azam and Rattanbai had a daughter named Dina.

Ambassador of Hindu-Muslim unity

• The Lucknow pact was a bright chapter in the dark and gloomy time of Indian politics. Lucknow pact created a political homogeneity between the two nations and Quaid-e-Azam was conferred with a proud title of Ambassador of Hindu-Muslim unity.

Iqbal’s influence

• Jinnah changed his thinking & dressing

• Changed his belief about the Hindus

• Started working for the Muslims only

• Accepted ‘Pakistan’ as the only solution

Truths about JinnahJinnah was:• An honest politician• An extremely intelligent

lawyer• A great leader• A hard-working and

honest human being• A man with a vision• Peace-loving

His illness

• Through the 1940s, Jinnah suffered from tuberculosis; only his sister and a few others close to him were aware of his condition.

• In 1948, Jinnah’s health began to falter by the heavy workload that had fallen upon him following Pakistan’s independence.

Final resting place

• He died on 11 September, 1948.• He is buried in Karachi.

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