Muhammad Ali Jinnah, (also spelled Mohammad) (25 December 1876 – 11 September 1948 in Karachi, present day Pakistan) is the founder of Pakistan. After the partition of India, he became the Governor-General of Pakistan. As a mark of respect, Pakistanis call him Quaid-e-Azam.[1] Quaid-e-Azam is a phrase which, in the Urdu language, means "the great leader". People also called him Baba-I-Quam, another phrase in the Urdu language which means "the father of the nation". The day of his birth is a national holiday in Pakistan.
2. Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Father Name:
Poonja Jinnah
Mother Name:
Mitthibhai Poonja
Country of Birth:
Pakistan
Date of Birth:
25th December 1876
Places of Residence:
Karachi
Brothers/Sisters:
Fatima,Shireen,Maryum,Ahmad,Rehmat,Bunde
Studies:
Law
Profession:
Lawyer
Achievements:
Uniting Muslim nation and founder of Pakistan
3. Early Life Events:
He was born on 25th of December 1876 in Karachi. He opened his eyes in a mercantile
family. His father Jinnah Ponja was a businessman. Quaid’s family was basically from Rajkot
India they migrated towards Karachi to find better business opportunities. Mister Ponja was
a prosperous merchant and he wanted his son to get the best education available.
Early Education:
Muhammad Ali, started his education from Sindh Madrasatul Islam, then he went to
Bombay for more education. After this he went to England where he studied law at lincoln’s
Inn. Quaid e Azam later told that he applied in Lincoln’s Inn because he saw Holy Prophet
Muhammad peace be upon him’s name at the reception of the college.
Love for Islam:
This shows the love Quaid e Azam had for Holy Prophet and Islam. Since the early days of his
youth he was always a neat and clean boy. He was very well mannered, punctual and
disciplined.
Leadership:
He was a born leader and had all the essentials for a leader since his childhood.
Education of Law:
After completing his education he practiced law in Bombay and instantly became the most
well known and reputed lawyer in Bombay. It was his commitment to his profession and his
view of legal system.
Hard Worker:
He always worked hard, that’s why once he said in his address to Pakistanis ” work, work
and work. Work with honesty and responsibility for your country. “
4. Entrance in Politics:
Quaid e Azam’s first contact with politics was in 1906, when he acted as private secretary to
Dadabhai Naoroji, president of the Indian National Congress.
Reasons BehindJoining Congress:
He joined Congress instead of Muslim league because of two reasons:
1-Muslim league was new at that time.
2-he thought that the political power and secular agenda Congress has would be good
enough for Muslims of south Asia.
Resigning fromCongress:
He was symbol of Hindu Muslim unity. But when he worked with Congress he found that
Congress is neglecting the Muslim minority of the country. Specially the way Congress
fought for Hindi instead of Persian and Urdu. Differences reached at the top when Congress
started non-cooperation movement. Jinnah disagreed profoundly with the movement and
resigned from the Congress. Jinnah advocated a moderate approach of cooperation with the
British and gradual transfer of power.
5. Joining MuslimLeague:
Quaid-e-Azam joined Muslim League in 1993 after lefting Congress.
Motoof MuslimLeague:
Connection with the other nations and political parties of subcontinent for
Betterment.
Protection for Muslim nation and working with government in this regard.
Political struggles:
So many leaders led their nations to get freedom from British rule. But Jinnah created a
nation and then demanded a separate homeland for them. This part of his life is the
toughest and caused changes in the geography, culture and every aspect of life in South
Asia.
6. Making MuslimLeague a powerful party:
He concentrated on reorganizing of Muslim League. He established an structure of the party
with hundreds of branches across the subcontinent. He organized Muslim league from
streets to schools and colleges. He organized a women’s wing of Muslim league and shaped
Muslim league as one of the most well organized and powerful political parties in India.
He pleaded with provincial Muslim leaders to sink their differences and make common
cause with the League. He exhorted the Muslim masses to organize themselves and join the
League. He gave coherence and direction to Muslim sentiments on the Government of India
Act, 1935.
He advocated that the Federal Scheme should be scrapped, as it was subversive of India’s
cherished goal of complete responsible Government, while the provincial scheme, which
conceded provincial autonomy for the first time, should be worked for what it was worth,
despite its certain objectionable features. He also formulated a viable League manifesto for
the election scheduled for early 1937. He was, it seemed, struggling against time to make
Muslim India a power to be reckoned with.
Winning Of Muslimseats:
Despite all the manifold odds stacked against it, the Muslim League won some 108 seats out
of a total of 485 Muslim seats in the various legislature. Though not very impressive in itself,
the League’s partial success assumed added significance in view of the fact that the League
won the largest number of Muslim seats and that it was the only all-India party of the
Muslims in the country. Thus, the elections represented the first milestone on the long road
to putting Muslim India on the map of the subcontinent. Congress in Power With the year
1937 opened the most momentous decade in modern Indian history. In that year came into
force the provincial part of the Government of India Act, 1935, granting autonomy to
Indians for the first time, in the provinces.
MuslimLeague vs. Congress:
The Congress, having become the dominant party in Indian politics, came to power in seven
provinces exclusively, spurning the League’s offer of cooperation, turning its back finally on
the coalition idea and excluding Muslims as a political entity from the portals of power.
In that year, also, the Muslim League, under Jinnah’s dynamic leadership, was reorganized
de novo, transformed into a mass organization, and made the spokesman of Indian Muslims
as never before.
Above all, in that momentous year were initiated certain trends in Indian politics, the
crystallization of which in subsequent years made the partition of the subcontinent
inevitable.
The practical manifestation of the policy of the Congress which took office in July, 1937, in
seven out of eleven provinces, convinced Muslims that, in the Congress scheme of things,
they could live only on sufferance of Hindus and as “second class” citizens.
The Congress provincial governments, it may be remembered, had embarked upon a policy
and launched a programme in which Muslims felt that their religion, language and culture
7. were not safe. This blatantly aggressive Congress policy was seized upon by Jinnah to
awaken the Muslims to a new consciousness, organize them on all-India platform, and make
them a power to be reckoned with. He also gave coherence, direction and articulation to
their innermost, let vague, urges and aspirations. Above all, the filled them with his
indomitable will, his own unflinching faith in their destiny.
Struggle for Pakistan:
The attitude congress showed after the elections of 1935. Most Muslims felt that their
future is not safe in united India. Congress not only refused to accept Muslim league’s
cooperation but also refused to protect muslim minorities by providing them legislative
guard.
Efforts of Jinnah:
As a result of Jinnah’s ceaseless efforts, the Muslims awakened from what Professor Baker
calls(their) “unreflective silence” (in which they had so complacently basked for long
decades), and to “the spiritual essence of nationality” that had existed among them for a
pretty long time. Roused by the impact of successive Congress hammerings, the Muslims, as
Ambedkar (principal authorof independent India’s Constitution) says, “searched their
social consciousness in a desperate attempt to find coherent and meaningful articulation to
their cherished yearnings. To their great relief, they discovered that their sentiments of
nationality had flamed into nationalism”. In addition, not only l had they developed” the will
to live as a “nation”, had also endowed them with a territory which they could occupy and
make a State as well as a cultural home for the newly discovered nation. These two pre-
requisites, as laid down by Renan, provided the Muslims with the intellectual justification
for claiming a distinct nationalism (apart from Indian or Hindu nationalism) for themselves.
So that when, after their long pause, the Muslims gave expression to their innermost
yearnings, these turned out to be in favour of a separate Muslim nationhood and of a
separate Muslim state.
8. PakistanDay:
In March 1940 Jinnah presided over a Muslim League session at Lahore, where the first
official demand was made for the partition of India and the creation of the state of Pakistan,
in which Muslims would be a majority. During three decades of political life, Jinnah had
believed in the possibility of Hindu-Muslim unity, and it was with the utmost reluctance that
he came to the view that partition was essential.
“We are a nation with our own distinctive culture and civilization, language and literature,
art and architecture, names and nomenclature, sense of values and proportion, legal laws
and moral code, customs and calendar, history and tradition, aptitudes and ambitions; in
short, we have our own distinctive outlook on life and of life. By all canons of
international law, we are a nation” Quaid-e-Azam
Spreading awareness among Muslims:
After the historic day of 23rd March 1940, Quaid-e-Azam never looked back. Now the
struggle was to get a piece of land for a newly invented nation and to get it from people
who were not ready to accept Muslims of South Asia as a nation. He visited every part of
sub continent to tell Muslims that why a separate homeland is demanded. The whole nation
was with him. Like once he was presiding to a Muslim league meeting at Lahore someone
asked the listeners “Can you understand what he is saying?” as Quaid was talking in English
and some of the people in the room were unable to understand it. The guy replied “Yes I
know whatever he is saying is good for us.”
9. Believe of Muslims inJinnah:
He was the greatest Muslim leader sub continent ever had. People were behind him they
knew that it is Jinnah who can lead them to their homeland. They were looking for freedom
and Jinnah was fighting their fight. His tenacity through constitutional discussions between
the league, the Congress, and the British government in 1942, 1945, and 1946 made
partition certain.
Two nation theory:
Following are some extracts from the speeches and statements which he delivered from
time to time for explaining the ideology of Pakistan
"The Hindu Muslim dispute must be settled before the enforcements of any system
or constitution. Until you do not give guarantee for the safeguard of the Muslim
interests, until you do not win their (Muslims) co-operations, any constitution you
enforce shall not last for even 24 hours."
‘’The Muslims are a nation by every right toestablish their separate homeland.
They can adopt any means to promote and protect their economic social, political
and cultural interests.’’
‘’ Pakistan was created the day the first Indian National entered the field of Islam.’’
"The mussalmans are not a minority. They are a nation by any definition. By all
canons of International lwa we are a nation"
"India is not a nation, nor a country. It is a Sub Continent of nationalities. Hindus
and Muslims being the two major nations, The Hindus and Muslims belong totwo
different religions, Philosophies, social customs and literature. They neither
intermarry nor interline and they belong to two different civilizations which are
based mainly on conflicting ideas and conceptions. Their aspects on life and of are
different. It is quite clear that Hindus and Muslims derive their inspiration from
different sources of history."
10. "Hindus and Muslims through living in the same town and villages, had never been
blended into one nation. They were always two separate entities."
"What relationships knits the Muslims into one hole ,which is the formidable rock
on which the Muslim edifice has been erected, which is the sheet anchor providing
base to the Muslim Millat, the relationship, the sheet anchor and the rock is Holy
Quran."
In 1946, Quaid-e-Azam declared:
"We do not demand Pakistan simply to have a piece of land but we want a
Laboratory where we could experiment on Islamic principles."
In his message to the frontier Muslim student Federation, he said:
"Pakistan only means freedom and independence but Muslims Ideology, which has
to be preserved which has come to us as a precious gift and treasure and which we
hope, others will share with us."
Pakistan:
Pakistan was born on 14th of August, 1947 after the partition of British India based
upon Two Nation Theory.
11. Reasons behindthe creation of Pakistan:
Setting up for a free Islamic country.
Establish a free Islamic society having its own identity and government, practicing its
own social; principles and religion and inviting the Muslim world.
To save the lives of Muslims from evil culture of Hindus.
To provide equel rights and environment to the Muslims.
To save the identity of Urdu language.
Two nation theory
To apply the Islamic rules over the whole Islamic country.
Muslims was bound and were unable to do anything freely.
So, a feeling of requiring a separate homeland for the Muslims was emerged in all Muslims.
Quaid-e-Azam lead his nation in this regard.
Locationof Pakistan:
Pakistan is positioned in the Middle East, a recognized geographical region of
southwestern Asia, and is situated in both the northern and eastern hemispheres. Pakistan
is bordered by the countries of Afghanistan, China, India and Iran, as well as the Arabian
Sea.
12. Provinces of Pakistan:
Punjab
Sindh
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Gilgit–Baltistan
Balochistan
Seasons of Pakistan:
Summer
Winter
Spring
Autumn
13. The capital of Pakistan is Islamabad.
14 Points of Quaid-e-Azam:
Back ground:
The report was given in a meeting of the council of the All India Muslim League on 9
March 1929. Nehru Report was criticised by Muslim leaders Aga
Khan and Muhammad Shafi . They considered it as a death warrant because it
recommended joint electoral rolls for Hindus and Muslims.[1]
Muhammad Ali Jinnah left for England in May 1928 and returned after six months. In
March 1929, the Muslim league session was held at Delhi under the presidency of
Jinnah. In his address to his delegates, he consolidated Muslim viewpoints under
fourteen items and these fourteen points became Jinnah's 14 points.
The 14 Points:
1) Indian The form of the future constitution should be federal, with the residuary
powers vested in the provinces;
2) A uniform measure of autonomy shall be guaranteed to all provinces;
3) All legislatures in the country and other elected bodies shall be constituted on the
definite principle of adequate and effective representation of minorities in every
province without reducing the majority in any province to a minority or even
equality;
4) In the Central Legislature, Muslim representation shall not be less than one third;
5) Representation of communal groups shall continue to be by means of
separate electorateas at present: provided it shall be open to any community, at any
time to abandon its separate electorate in favour of a joint electorate.
6) Any territorial distribution that might at any time be necessary shall not in any way
affect the Muslim majority.
7) Full religious liberty, i.e. liberty of belief, worship and observance, propaganda,
association and education, shall be guaranteed to all communities.
8) No bill or resolution or any part thereof shall be passed in any legislature or any
other elected body if three fourths of the members of any community in that
particular body oppose it as being injurious to the interests of that community or in
the alternative, such other method is devised as may be found feasible and
practicable to deal with such cases.
9) Sindh should be separated from the Bombay Presidency.
10) Reforms should be introduced in the North West Frontier
Province and Balochistan on the same footing as in the other provinces.
11) Provision should be made in the constitution giving Muslims an adequate share,
along with the other Indians, in all the services of the state and in local self-
governing bodies having due regard to the requirements of efficiency.
12) The constitution should embody adequate safeguards for the protection of Muslim
culture and for the protection and promotion of Muslim education, language,
14. religion, personal laws and Muslim charitable institutions and for their due share in
the grants-in-aid given by the state and by local self-governing bodies.
13) No cabinet, either central or provincial, should be formed without there being a
proportion of at least one-third Muslim ministers.
14) No change shall be made in the constitution by the Central Legislature except with
the concurrence of the States constituting of the Federation.
Quotes of Quaid-e-Azam:
“I do not believe in taking the right decision, I take a decision and make it right.”
Muhammad Ali Jinnah
“Think a hundred times before you take a decision, but once that decision is taken, stand by
it as one man.”
Muhammad Ali Jinnah
“There are two powers in the world; one is the sword and the other is the pen. There is a
great competition and rivalry between the two. There is a third power stronger than both,
that of the women.”
Muhammad Ali Jinnah
“Expect the best, prepare for the worst.”
Muhammad Ali Jinnah
“Democracy is in the blood of the Muslims, who look upon complete equality of mankind,
and believe in fraternity, equality, and liberty.”
Muhammad Ali Jinnah
“No nation can rise to the height of glory unless your women are side by side with you. We
are victims of evil customs. It is a crime against humanity that our women are shut up within
the four walls of the houses as prisoners. There is no sanction anywhere for the deplorable
condition in which our women have to live.”
Muhammad Ali Jinnah
“You will have to make up for the smallness of your size by your courage and selfless
devotion to duty, for it is not life that matters, but the courage, fortitude and determination
you bring to it.”
Muhammad Ali Jinnah
“With faith, discipline and selfless devotion to duty, there is nothing worthwhile that you
cannot achieve.”
15. Muhammad Ali Jinnah
“You are free; you are free to go to your temples. You are free to go to your mosques or to
any other places of worship in this State of Pakistan. You may belong to any religion, caste
or creed—that has nothing to do with the business of the state.”
Muhammad Ali Jinnah
“No nation can ever be worthy of its existence that cannot take its women along with the
men. No struggle can ever succeed without women participating side by side with men.
There are two powers in the world; one is the sword and the other is the pen. There is a
great competition and rivalry between the two. There is a third power stronger than both,
that of the women.”
Muhammad Ali Jinnah
“India is not a nation, nor a country. It is a subcontinent of nationalities.”
Muhammad Ali Jinnah
“The great majority of us are Muslims. We follow the teachings of the Prophet Mohammed
(may peace be upon him). We are members of the brotherhood of Islam in which all are
equal in rights, dignity and self-respect. Consequently, we have a special and a very deep
sense of unity. But make no mistake: Pakistan is not a theocracy or anything like it.”
Muhammad Ali Jinnah
“Do not forget that the armed forces are the servants of the people. You do not make
national policy; it is we, the civilians, who decide these issues and it is your duty to carry out
these tasks with which you are entrusted.”
16. Muhammad Ali Jinnah
“I have lived as plain Mr. Jinnah and I hope to die as plain Mr. Jinnah. I am very much averse
to any title or honours and I will be more than happy if there was no prefix to my name.”
Muhammad Ali Jinnah
“Any idea of a United India could never have worked and in my judgment it would have led
us to terrific disaster.”
Muhammad Ali Jinnah
“Islam expect every Muslim to do this duty, and if we realise our responsibility time will
come soon when we shall justify ourselves worthy of a glorious past.”
Muhammad Ali Jinnah
“I have nothing to do with this pseudo-religious approach that Gandhi is advocating.”
Muhammad Ali Jinnah
“Pakistan not only means freedom and independence but the Muslim Ideology which has to
be preserved, which has come to us as a precious gift and treasure and which, we hope
other will share with us.”
Muhammad Ali Jinnah
“I sincerely hope that they (relations between India and Pakistan) will be friendly and
cordial. We have a great deal to do...and think that we can be of use to each other and to
the world.”
Muhammad Ali Jinnah
“Come forward as servants of Islam, organize the people economically, socially,
educationally and politically and I am sure that you will be a power that will be accepted by
everybody.”
Muhammad Ali Jinnah
“Failure is a word unknown to me.”
17. Muhammad Ali Jinnah
“No settlement with the majority is possible as no Hindu leader speaking with any authority
shows any concern or genuine desire for it.”
Muhammad Ali Jinnah
“My message to you all is of hope, courage and confidence. Let us mobilize all our
resources in a systematic and organized way and tackle the grave issues that confront us
with the grim determination and discipline worthy of a great nation.”
Muhammad Ali Jinnah
“You have to stand guard over the development and maintenance of Islamic democracy,
Islamic social justice and the equality of manhood in your own native soil.”
Muhammad Ali Jinnah
“My message to you all is of hope, courage, and confidence.”
Muhammad Ali Jinnah
“When Mrs. Jinnah feels cold, she will say so, and ask for a wrap herself.”
Muhammad Ali Jinnah
“with faith,discipline and selfless devotion to the duty,there is nothing worthwhile that you
cannot achieve.”
Muhammad Ali Jinnah
“no struggle can ever succeed without women participating side by side with men”
18. Life stories of Quaid-e-Azam:
1-Once a congress’ person said: ‘’Mr. Jinnah you was also from us.’’
Mr Jinnah replied: ‘’Yes you are right.I was in primary section but now I am in secondary
school.’’
2-Once a officer said: ‘’Mr.Jinnah your talking is too boor that I hear them from one ear and
extract your talk other ear.
Mr.Jinnah replied: ‘’I think there is a empty space between your two ears.
3-Once the glasses of Mr. Jinnah fall down on the floor during meeting. The Hindu leaders
were began happy that Jinnah will lower before them but Jinnah did not do this and got the
extra glasses fromhis pocket.
Jinnah and Gandhi talks:
On July 17, 1944, Gandhi wrote a letter to Jinnah and requested to meet him. Jinnah, with
the approval of the Muslim League, agreed to meet Gandhi in Bombay. The Talks lasted
from September 19, 1944 to September 24, 1944. Jinnah presented the stance of the
Muslim League while Gandhi told him that he had called upon him in a personal capacity.
The stressed nutshell of the Gandhi’s talk was that a separate homeland for the Muslims
was “nothing but a ruin for the whole of India”.
Quaid-e-Azam’s reply:
Jinnah explained the Muslim stance that the Muslims were a nation according to any
definition of nation with a distinctive outlook of life and on life and that they were a nation
19. of 100 million. He also clarified that the separation of a Muslim state was in favor of not
only Muslims but it would also benefit the rest of India. The talks ended in smoke because
Jinnah did not agree with Gandhi that the whole of the power should be transferred to the
Congress after attaining independence from the British Raj and then Congress would grant
freedom to the Muslims.
Gandhi’s views about Jinnah:
According to Mr. Gandhi Jinnah is a stubborn person we should give that thing
whatever he demands.
Jinnah is Incorruptible and Brave.
Other views about Quaid-e-Azam:
Gandhi died by the hands of an assassin; Jinnah died by his devotion to
Pakistan. (Lord Pethick Lawrence,My Brother(1987),biography by Fatima Jinnah.)
Jinnah is one of the most extraordinary men in history. (Jawaharlal Nehru, first
prime minister of India)
The greatest man he ever met. (The Aga Khan)
The most important man in Asia. (Beverley Nichols, the author of `Verdict on India')
One of the greatest leaders in the Muslim world. (Abdul Rahman Azzam Pasha,
Secretary General of the Arab League)
20. He set a great example to other statesmen to follow by his skill in negotiation, his
integrity and his honesty. (Gordon Johnson, Director Center of South Asian Studies)
The old Advocate of Unity, Mr. M.A.Jinnah, ... was advanced than his colleagues, and
stood head and shoulders above them. (Nehru - Paraphrased: Quoted from his book
freedom at midnight)
A most accomplished lawyer, outstanding amongst Indian lawyers, and a fine
constitutionalist. (Sir Stafford Cripps)
He has true stuff in him and that freedom from all sectarian prejudice which will
make him the best ambassador of Hindu-Muslim unity. (Gokhale)
Quaid-e-Azamas a Great Leader:
Quad-e-Azam was indeed a great leader of 20th Century.
He has a great pain for the Muslims of Subcontinent in his heart.
He realized the worst situation of Muslims in sub-continent.
He found Muslims of sub-continent as a symbol of illiteracy and effected by cruelty.
He decided to unite the whole Muslim nation.
21. He started spreading awareness among the Muslims of sub-continent through tours
throughout the whole sub-continent.
He eager Muslims to get higher education, united and support him for the separate
homeland for Muslims.
Jinnah tried for the separate homeland for the Muslims where they can live
according to Islamic rules and no restriction of Hindus.
He worked day and night for the betterment of the Muslims.
He did not listen to any Hindu or English leader and just emphasized for the separate
homeland for the Muslims.
Due to his efforts and hard work Pakistan came into being on 14th of August 1947.
He was the first founder of Pakistan.
During the swear difficulties after 1947, he controlled all the poor circumstances and
make Pakistan to move to the path of progress.
He advised his nation to work and serve for Pakistan.
The dressing and personality of Quaid-e-Azam was infact like a true leader.
He had effective voice.
No one could able look into his eyes .
Jinnah’s Leadershipstyle:
The leadership style of Jinnah was charismatic, diectiver and achievement oriented
leadership.
The charismatic leader is visionary and works by infusing high amount of energy and
enthusiasm in his team. He sets as role model for his team and drive others to show high
level of performance. This type of leader is committed to the organization and believes
more in him rather than his team. The presence of charismatic leader works as a boost for
rest of the employees and therefore such type of leader should be committed to the
organization for the long run.
Directive Leadership provides guidance about what should be done and how to do it,
scheduling work, and maintaining standers of performance.
Achievement oriented Leadership encourage employees to perform at their highest level by
setting challenging goals, emphasizing excellence and demonstrating confidence in
employees abilities.
22. Deathof Quaid-e-Azam:
Due to hard working and the disease of T.B Quaid-e-Azam died on 11th September 1948 in
Karachi.
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