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Muhammad Ali Jinnah

Personal data
Date of birth, December 25, 1876
Place of birthKarachi, Bombay Presidency, British India
Date of death, September 11, 1948(age 0) (aged 71)
Place of deathKarachi, Dominion of Pakistan
EthnicityGujarati
Political partyAll India Muslim League (1913 � 1947)
Other partyIndian National Congress (1906 � 1920)
SpouseEmibai Jinnah
Maryam Jinnah
ChildrenDina Wadia
Alma materLincoln's Inn
ProfessionLawyer
ReligionIslam
1st Governor-General of Pakistan
In officeAugust 15, 1947 - September 11, 1948
MonarchGeorge VI
Prime ministerLiaquat Ali Khan
Succeeded byKhwaja Nazimuddin
Preceded byThe Earl Mountbatten of Burma (as Viceroy of India)
1st Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan
In officeAugust 11, 1947 - September 11, 1948
Succeeded byMaulvi Tamizuddin Khan
Preceded byNone

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Muhammad Ali Jinnah ( , ; December 25, 1876 � September 11, 1948) was a 20th century lawyer, politician, statesman and the founder of Pakistan. He is popularly and officially known in Pakistan as Quaid-e-Azam ( - "Great Leader") and Baba-e-Qaum ( ) ("Father of the Nation").

Jinnah served as leader of the All-India Muslim League from 1913 until Pakistan's independence on August 14, 1947, and as Pakistan's first Governor-General from August 15, 1947 until his death on September 11, 1948. Jinnah rose to prominence in the Indian National Congress initially expounding ideas of Hindu-Muslim unity and helping shape the 1916 Lucknow Pact between the Muslim League and the Indian National Congress; he also became a key leader in the All India Home Rule League. He proposed a fourteen-point constitutional reform plan to safeguard the political rights of Muslims in a self-governing India.

Jinnah later advocated the two-nation theory embracing the goal of creating a separate Muslim state as per the Lahore Resolution. The League won most reserved Muslim seats in the elections of 1946. After the British and Congress backed out of the Cabinet Mission Plan Jinnah called for a Direct Action Day to achieve the formation of Pakistan. This direct action by the Muslim League and its Volunteer Corps resulted in massive rioting in Calcutta between Muslims and Hindus. As the Indian National Congress and Muslim League failed to reach a power sharing formula for united India, it prompted both the parties and the British to agree to the independence of Pakistan and India. As the first Governor-General of Pakistan, Jinnah led efforts to lay the foundations of the new state of Pakistan, frame national policies and rehabilitate millions of Muslim refugees who had migrated from India. Jinnah also assumed the role and title of 'Protector general of the hindu minority' during hindu-muslim riots after 1947. Jinnah died aged 71 in September 1948, just over a year after Pakistan gained independence from the British Empire. After his death, Jinnah left a deep and respected legacy in Pakistan, and according to Stanley Wolpert, Jinnah remained Pakistan's greatest leader since the establishment of Pakistan in 1947.


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