Sunday 21 August 2011

Muhammad Ali Jinnah

Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Muhammad Ali Jinnah (Gujarati: મુહંમદ અલી જિન્નાહ, Urdu: محمد علی جناح, Sindhi: محمد علي جناح  December 25, 1876 - September 11, 1948) was a 20th century jurist, politician, statesman and founder of Pakistan. And 'officially and popularly known in Pakistan, Quaid-e-Azam (urdu: قائد اعظم - "Great Leader") and Baba-e-qaum (بابائے قوم) ("Father of the Nation").

Jinnah served as leader of the League All India Muslim from 1913 until the independence of Pakistan, August 14, 1947, and that Pakistan was the first governor general of August 15, 1947 until his death on 11 September 1948 . Jinnah rose to prominence in the Indian National Congress first present the ideas of unity between Hindus and Muslims, and help shape the 1916 Lucknow Pact between the Muslim League and the Indian National Congress, also became a key leader in the All India Home Rule League. He proposed a fourteen-point plan for constitutional reform to protect the political rights of Muslims in India, a self-administration.

Jinnah then went into the two-nation theory includes the objective of creating an independent Muslim state in accordance with resolution of Lahore. The League won most Muslim seats in elections in 1946. After the British and the Congress withdrew from the Cabinet Mission Plan Jinnah called for a day of direct action to achieve the formation of Pakistan. This direct action by the Muslim League and its Volunteer Corps has caused massive riots in Calcutta between Muslims and Hindus.As the Indian National Congress and Muslim League failed to form a power-sharing in India USA, she prompted both parties and the British to accept the independence of Pakistan and India. As the first governor general of Pakistan, Jinnah led efforts to lay the foundations for the new state of Pakistan to formulate a national policy and the rehabilitation of millions of Muslim refugees who migrated from India.

Jinnah also assumed the role and the title "General protection of the Hindu minority" during the riots between Hindus and Muslims after the 1947th

Jinnah died at age 71 in September 1948, just a year after Pakistan gained independence from the British Empire.

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