Quaid e azam muhammad ali jinnah

life of a great leader "quaid e azam muhammad ali jinnah"

1. MUHAMMAD ALI JINNAH Presented by: AQSA ATTIQ

2. . He was born on 25 December 1876 in Karachi

3. 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 .

4. Cont… His father wanted him to acquire business experience but he decided to become a barrister. Jinnah’s father

5. 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.

6. 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.

7. 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.

8. 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.

9. 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.

10. 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.

11. 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.

12. 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

13. Truths about Jinnah Jinnah 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

14. 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.

15. Final resting place He died on 11 September, 1948. He is buried in Karachi.

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