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Mohammad Ali Jinnah
Muhammad Ali Jinnah was a barrister, statesman, and the founder of Pakistan. He served as the leader of the All-India Muslim League from 1913 until the independence of Pakistan on 14 August 1947, and then as Pakistan's first governor-general until his death a year later in 1948.
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politics · Founder and 1st Governor-General of Pakistan (1876–1948) · lawyer · barrister · freedom fighter · politician · also Mohammad Ali Jinnah, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Mohammed Ali Jinnah, Baba-e-Qaum, Quaid-e-Azam, Qaid-e-Azam
Born 25 December 1876 · Died 11 September 1948 · Q160554
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2026· 29 entries
“If I live to see the ideal of a Muslim state being achieved in India, and I was then offered to make a choice between the works of Iqbal and the rulership of the Muslim state, I would prefer the former.”
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“after the war began, ... I was treated on the same basis as Mr Gandhi. I was wonderstruck why I was promoted and given a place side by side with Mr Gandhi.”
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ANI News: "Jinnah hidden within Congress leaders has come out": BJP MP Dinesh Sharma slams CWC decision on Vande Mataram
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Scroll.in: Pakistan honours two Mumbai doctors who kept Jinnah’s terminal illness secret before Partition
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The Economic Times: Two Mumbai doctors to receive Pakistan’s top civilian award for keeping Jinnah illness secret
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Greater Kashmir: Two Mumbai doctors who ‘faithfully guarded the secret’ of Jinnah’s illness to get Pakistan’s highest civilian honour
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lokmattimes.com: Why Is Pakistan Honouring Two Mumbai Doctors Who Kept Jinnah's Illness Secret?
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ABP Live English: Pakistan To Honour Two Indian Doctors Who Treated Jinnah, Kept His Illness Hidden From Public
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The Times of India: Two Mumbai doctors to receive Pakistan’s highest civilian honour for keeping Jinnah’s illness secret
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The Times of India: Jinnah, Partition and a secret: Why Pakistan is honouring 2 Mumbai doctors 79 years later
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India Today: Pakistan to honour two Mumbai doctors who kept Jinnah illness secret
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theobserverpost.com: Two Mumbai Parsi Doctors To Receive Pakistan’s Highest Civilian Award For Keeping Jinnah’s Illness Secret
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News Arena India: Pak's top honour for Indian docs who kept Jinnah's illness secret
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The Bridge Chronicle: Mumbai doctors who kept Jinnah’s illness secret to receive Pakistan’s highest civilian honour
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Zee News: Jinnah’s secret TB illness: Could this have stopped India’s partition?
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Free Press Kashmir: Pakistan to honour 2 Mumbai Parsi doctors who kept Mohd Ali Jinnah’s terminal illness secret before partition
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Free Press Journal: 2 Mumbai Parsi Doctors Who Kept Jinnah’s Illness Secret To Get Pakistan’s Highest Civilian Award
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Mathrubhumi English: Mumbai doctors who kept Jinnah’s terminal illness secret to receive Pakistan’s top honour
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Tfipost.com: Pakistan to award two Mumbai-born Parsi doctors for keeping Jinnah’s illness secret
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NDTV: 2 Mumbai Doctors Who Kept Jinnah's Illness A Secret To Get Pakistan's Highest Civilian Award
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Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Embassy of Pakistan Belgrade Celebrates 80th Independence Day and 150th Birth Anniversary of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah
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India TV News: Two Mumbai doctors who guarded Jinnah's secret for decades set to receive Pakistan's highest civilian award
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Moneycontrol.com: Jinnah’s terminal illness and a secret kept for decades: Why two Mumbai doctors are receiving Pakistan's...
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Daily Pakistan: Quaid-e-Azam’s Legacy finds Permanent Home in Washington
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Ministry of Foreign Affairs: EMBASSY CELEBRATES PAKISTAN’S 79TH INDEPENDENCE DAY AND 150TH BIRTH ANNIVERSARY OF QUAID-E-AZAM MOHAMMAD ALI JINNAH
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Public attention spiked: 9,637 Wikipedia readers in one day, 5.2× the usual 1,860, with 0 article edits. Coverage that week: “Quaid-e-Azam’s Legacy finds Permanent Home in Washington” (Daily Pakistan).
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Minute Mirror: 14 August: Films that bring Quaid-e-Azam’s inspiring journey to life
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NewsMobile rated the claim “The viral image falsely claims to show Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee standing alongside Mohammad Ali Jinnah.” False.
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2025· 1 entry
FACTLY rated the claim “The photo shows Shyama Prasad Mukherjee, founder of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh, with Muhammad Ali Jinnah, founder of the All-India Muslim League.” FALSE.
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2022· 4 entries
The Quint rated the claim “Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru and Jinnah did not represent Bhagat Singh legally because their ideologies didn't match.” False.
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NewsMobile rated the claim “Image shows Savarkar meeting Jinnah” Misleading.
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BOOM Fact Check rated the claim “Photos shows Savarkar shaking hands with Jinnah” False.
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FACTLY rated the claim “Gandhi accepted Jinnah’s proposal for a corridor between the then East Pakistan and West Pakistan” FALSE.
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2021· 1 entry
Alt News rated the claim “Akhilesh Yadav said Jinnah got India its freedom” Half True.
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2020· 3 entries
The Quint rated the claim “Congress candidate Maskoor Usmani hung the portrait of Jinnah at AMU” False.
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Alt News rated the claim “Congress candidate Maskoor Usmani hung Jinnah's portrait at AMU” False.
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FACTLY rated the claim “Photo of Nehru being kissed by a woman in the presence of Mohammed Ali Jinnah during the freedom struggle” MISLEADING.
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2019· 1 entry
FACTLY rated the claim “Nehru was kissed by a lady in the presence of Mohd. Ali Jinnah” MISLEADING.
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1984· 1 entry
A high court bench reversed the 1976 verdict and maintained that "the Quaid was definitely not a Shia", which suggested that Jinnah was Sunni
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1976· 1 entry
The court rejected Walji's claim that Jinnah was Sunni; effectively implying that he was a Shia
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1971· 1 entry
The official language issue was one of several factors in the secession of the region to form Bangladesh
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1970· 1 entry
Liaquat Ali Khan and Fatima Jinnah's joint affidavit that Jinnah was Shia was rejected
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1960· 1 entry
"the truth is that we were tired men and we were getting on in years
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1954· 2 entries
Interviewed surviving boyhood associates, and obtained a tale that the young Jinnah discouraged other children from playing marbles in the dust, urging them to rise up, keep their hands and clothes clean, and play cricke
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His official biographer, Hector Bolitho, writing in 1954, interviewed surviving boyhood associates, and obtained a tale that the young Jinnah discouraged other children from playing marbles in the dust, urging them to rise up, keep their hands and clothes clean, and play cricket instead.
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1948· 5 entries
Died 1948-09-11.
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Jinnah declared that Pakistan should be based on social justice and Islamic socialism
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“Democracy is in the blood of Musalmans who look upon complete equality of manhood, Musalmans (Muslims) believe in fraternity, equality and liberty.”
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“Never forget our motto "Unity, Discipline and Faith”
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“Work, work and work and we are bound to success.”
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1947· 4 entries
Career landmark: Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan (1947–1948).
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Career landmark: Governor-General of Pakistan (1947–1948).
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“you are free to go to your temples, free to go to your mosques, or to any other place of worship in this State of Pakistan. You may belong to any religion or case or creed—that has nothing to do with the business of the state.”
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Career landmark: President of the Constituent Assembly of Pakistan (1947–1948).
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1944· 1 entry
Jinnah created the Muslim League's Planning Committee in Karachi to prepare a five-year programme for economic development—primarily concerning industrialisation—in the Northwest provinces of British India that were expe
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1940· 2 entries
Two years after the death of Iqbal, Jinnah expressed his preference for implementing Iqbal's vision for an Islamic Pakistan even if it meant he himself would never lead a nation
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The Muslim League, led by Jinnah, passed the Lahore Resolution
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1937· 2 entries
And the League failed to win a majority even of the Muslim seats in any of the provinces where members of that faith held a majority
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Jinnah issued a socioeconomic manifesto for Muslims in British India during a session of the Muslim League, which suggested several reforms including the improvement of working hours in factories, the abolishment of usur
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1936· 1 entry
And 1937; in subsequent years, Jinnah credited Iqbal as his mentor and used Iqbal's imagery and rhetoric in his speeches
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1933· 2 entries
Indian Muslims, especially from the United Provinces, began to urge Jinnah to return and take up again his leadership of the Muslim League, an organisation which had fallen into inactivity
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Advocating a state "Pakistan" in the Indus Valley, with other names given to Muslim-majority areas elsewhere in India
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1931· 1 entry
Fatima Jinnah joined her brother in England
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1930· 1 entry
Sir Muhammad Iqbal called for a state for Muslims in British India
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1929· 1 entry
And subsequently Jinnah's sister Fatima looked after him and his child
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1928· 2 entries
“A constitutional war has been declared on Great Britain. Negotiations for a settlement are not to come from our side ... By appointing an exclusively white Commission, [Secretary of State for India] Lord Birkenhead has declared our unfitness for self-government.”
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Challenged Indians to come up with their own proposal for constitutional change for India; in response, the Congress convened a committee under the leadership of Motilal Nehru
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1927· 1 entry
The British Government, under Conservative Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin, undertook a decennial review of Indian policy mandated by the Government of India Act 1919
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1925· 1 entry
As recognition for his legislative activities, he was offered a knighthood by Lord Reading, who was retiring from the Viceroyalty
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1922· 1 entry
That direct action would lead to bloodshed and should be resisted
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1920· 1 entry
However, Jinnah resigned from the Congress when it agreed to follow a campaign of satyagraha, which he regarded as political anarchy
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1919· 1 entry
When the Imperial Legislative Council extended emergency wartime restrictions on civil liberties; Jinnah resigned from it when it did
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1918· 1 entry
Jinnah married his second wife Rattanbai Petit ("Ruttie"), 24 years his junior
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1916· 1 entry
With Jinnah now president of the Muslim League, the two organisations signed the Lucknow Pact, setting quotas for Muslim and Hindu representation in the various provinces
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1914· 1 entry
But due to the start of the First World War in August 1914, found officials little interested in Indian reforms
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1911· 1 entry
Introduced the Wakf Validation Act to place Muslim religious trusts on a sound legal footing under British Indian law
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1909· 1 entry
As Bombay's Muslim representative on the Imperial Legislative Council
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1908· 1 entry
His factional foe in the Indian National Congress, Bal Gangadhar Tilak, was arrested for sedition
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1906· 1 entry
A delegation of Muslim leaders, known as the Simla Delegation, headed by the Aga Khan called on the new Viceroy of India, Lord Minto, to assure him of their loyalty and to ask for assurances that in any political reforms
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1896· 1 entry
Studied at Lincoln's Inn (1893–1896).
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1895· 1 entry
At age 19, he became the youngest British Indian to be called to the bar in England
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1893· 1 entry
The Jinnahbhai family moved to Bombay
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1892· 2 entries
Sir Frederick Leigh Croft, a business associate of Jinnahbhai Poonja, offered young Jinnah a London apprenticeship with his firm, Graham's Shipping and Trading Company
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Studied at University of Oxford (1887–1892).
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1876· 1 entry
Born 1876-12-25.
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1869· 1 entry
Meant it was 200 nautical miles closer to Europe for shipping than Bombay
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1857· 1 entry
Many Indians had risen in revolt against British rule
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