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Muhammad Ali Jinnah
محمد علی جناح
1st Governor-General of Pakistan
In office
August 15, 1947 – September 11, 1948
Monarch George VI
Prime Minister Liaquat Ali Khan
Preceded by The Earl Mountbatten of Burma (as Viceroy of India)
Succeeded by Khwaja Nazimuddin
1st Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan
In office
August 11, 1947 – September 11, 1948
Preceded by None
Succeeded by Maulvi Tamizuddin Khan
Born December 25, 1876
Karachi, Bombay Presidency, British India
Died September 11, 1948 (aged 71)
Karachi, Dominion of Pakistan
Ethnicity Gujarati[1]
Political party All India Muslim League (1913–1947)
Other political affiliations Indian National Congress (1896–1913)
Spouse(s) Emibai Jinnah
Maryam Jinnah
Children Dina Wadia
Alma mater Lincoln's Inn
Profession Lawyer
Religion Islam[2][3][4][5][6][7]
Muhammad Ali Jinnah (Urdu: محمد علی جناح Sindhi: محمد علي جناح Audio (help·info); 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 (Urdu: قائد اعظم — "Great Leader") and Baba-e-Qaum (بابائے قوم) ("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
References: A controversy has raged in Pakistan about whether Jinnah wanted Pakistan to be a secular state or an Islamic state. His views as expressed in his policy speech on August 11, 1947 said: There is no other solution Jinnah died at 10:20 p.m. at the Governor-General 's House in Karachi on September 11, 1948, just over a year after Pakistan 's independence.