Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Jinnah’s family belonged to the Ismaili Khoja branch of Shi’a Islam, though Jinnah later converted to Twelver Shi’a Islam. Their mother tongue was Gujarati
“Muhammad Ali Jinnah (December 25, 1876 – September 11, 1948 ) was a Pakistani politician and leader of the All India Muslim League who founded Pakistan and served as its first Governor-General. He is officially known in Pakistan as Quaid-e-Azam (“Great Leader”) and Baba-e-Qaum (“Father of the Nation”). His birthday is a National Holiday in Pakistan.
Jinnah rose to prominence in the Indian National Congress expounding ideas of Hindu-Muslim unity and helping shape the 1916 Lucknow Pact with the Muslim League; 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. His proposals failed amid the League’s disunity, driving a disillusioned Jinnah to live in London for many years. Allama Muhammad Iqbal visited Jinnah in London and convinced him to return and lead Muslim League. Then Jinnah joined the Muslim League and became a prominent leader.”
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Thats realy informative and also their is need to know about the our culture and our heroes, what they were ? bcs it shows the struggle of any human kind.
Mr. Jinnah used to live at Jinnah House in Mumbai. This was the place where he met his future wife and this is where plans to create the nation of Pakistan were developed.
Jinnah never converted to shia islam. He was Ismaili. He got pissed off with mullahs of that time, who opposed him in every respect and went back to England, but Sir Sultan Muhammad Shah convinced him to return to India and latter he became the president of Muslim league.
If the founder of pakistan was originally an Ismaili and Ismailis and the Aga Khan community is still doing soo much for Pakistan then why the community is threatened ???
I wish Pakistan every success , Its a beautiful country