Mohammed Ali Jinna

Mohammed Ali Jinna (1876-1948) was the father of Pakistan. He championed the Muslim cause and became instrumental in division of India in 1947.

Jinna was born in Karachi and worked as lawyer in Bombay. He was also elected to Viceroy's legislative council. He was a member of Indian National Congress but was opposed to Gandhi's policy of nonviolence and resigned from Congress. He advocated a separate state for Muslims, and upon creation of Pakistan, became first governor general and called great leader (Quaid-i-Azam).

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