Quaid-E Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah:
Fathers name: Jinnahbhai Poonja
Mothers name: Mitthibhai Poonja
Country of Birth: Pakistan
Year of birth: 1876
Places of Residence: Karachi
Brothers/sisters: Fatima, Shireen, Maryam , Ahmad , Rahmat, Bunde
Studies: Law Profession: Lawyer
Life And Education:
Muhammad Ali Jinnah was the first child born to Mithibai and Jinnahbhai Poonja in a Gujarati family in Wazir Mansion Karachi on December 25, 1876 .He was a 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”). His grandfather, Poonja Gokuldas Meghji, was a Hindu from Paneli village in Gondal state in Kathiawar who had converted to Islam. Jinnah’s family belonged to the Ismaili Khoja branch of Shi’a Islam,though Jinnah later converted to Twelver Khoja Shi’a Islam.The first-born Jinnah was soon joined by six siblings: three brothers—Ahmad Ali, Bunde Ali, and Rahmat Ali—and three sisters: Maryam, Fatima and Shireen. Jinnah was a great but restless student and studied at several schools: first at the Sindh-Madrasa-tul-Islam in Karachi; then briefly at the Gokal Das Tej Primary School in Bombay; and finally at the Christian Missionary Society High School in Karachi, where, at the age of 16, he passed the matriculation examination of the University of Bombay.Before he left for England in 1892, at his mother’s urging, he married his distant cousin—Emibai Jinnah, who was two years his junior; she died a few months later. During his sojourn in England, his mother too would pass away. In London, Jinnah soon gave up the apprenticeship to study law instead, by joining Lincoln’s Inn. It is said that the sole reason of Jinnah’s joining Lincoln’s Inn is that the main entrance to the Lincoln’s Inn had the names of the world’s all-time top-ten lawgivers, and that this list was led by Muhammad. This story, however, has no basis in fact. In three years, at age 19, he became the youngest Indian to be called to the bar in England.25th December 2017 Happy Birth Day of Jinnah Pakistan
During his student years in England, Jinnah came under the spell of 19th-century British liberalism, like many other future Indian independence leaders. This education included exposure to the idea of the democratic nation and progressive politics.
Political Struggle And Achievements:
In 1906, Jinnah joined the Indian National Congress, which was the largest Indian political organization. Like most of the Congress at the time, Jinnah did not favor outright independence, considering British influences on education, law, culture and industry as beneficial to India. Jinnah became a member on the 60-member Imperial Legislative Council. The council had no real power, and included a large number of UN-elected pro-Raj loyalists and Europeans.Jinnah had initially avoided joining the All India Muslim League, founded in 1906, regarding it as too Muslim oriented.
In 1937, Jinnah further defended his ideology of equality in his speech to the All-India Muslim League in Lucknow where he stated, “Settlement can only be achieved between equals.”He also had a rebuttal to Nehru’s statement which argued that the only two parties that mattered in India were the British Raj and INC. Jinnah stated that the Muslim League was the third and “equal partner” within Indian politics.Jinnah became the first Governor-General of Pakistan and president of its constituent assembly.Pakistanis view Jinnah as their revered founding father, a man that was dedicated to safeguarding Muslim interests during the dying days of the British Raj. Most of the Pakistanis take Jinnah as hero for their personal lives.