Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Overview
 
Muhammad Ali Jinnah was a Muslim
Muslim
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 lawyer
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, politician
Politician
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, statesman
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 and the founder of Pakistan
Pakistan
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. He is popularly and officially known in Pakistan as Quaid-e-Azam ( — "Great Leader") and Baba-e-Qaum ("Father of the Nation
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").

Jinnah served as leader of the All-India Muslim League from 1913 until Pakistan's independence
Pakistan Movement
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 on August 14, 1947, and as Pakistan's first Governor-General
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 from August 15, 1947 until his death on September 11, 1948. Jinnah rose to prominence in the Indian National Congress
Indian National Congress
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 initially expounding ideas of Hindu
Hinduism
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-Muslim
Islam
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 unity and helping shape the 1916 Lucknow Pact
Lucknow Pact
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 between the Muslim League and the Indian National Congress
Indian National Congress
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; he also became a key leader in the All India Home Rule League.
Quotations

We are starting with this fundamental principle that we are all citizens and equal citizens of one State.

Presidential Address to the Constituent Assembly of Pakistan on 11th August, 1947.

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.

Broadcast talk to the people of Australia recorded on 19th February, 1948.

There is no power on earth that can undo Pakistan.

Speech at a Mammoth Rally at the University Stadium, Lahore on 30th October. 1947.

Yet this is a truth people so easily seem to forget and begin to prize local, sectional or provincial interests above and regardless of the national interests. It naturally pains me to find the curse of provincialism holding sway over any section of Pakistan. Pakistan must be rid of this evil.

Reply to the Civic Address presented by the Quetta Municipality on 15th June, 1948.

We are now all Pakistanis--not Baluchis, Pathans, Sindhis, Bengalis, Punjabis and so on--and as Pakistanis we must feet behave and act, and we should be proud to be known as Pakistanis and nothing else.

Reply to the Civic Address presented by the Quetta Municipality on 15th June, 1948.

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.

Presidential Address to the Constituent Assembly of Pakistan on 11th August, 1947.

The Constituent Assembly has got two main functions to perform. The first is the very onerous and responsible task of framing our future Constitution of Pakistan and the second of functioning as a full and complete Sovereign body as the Federal Legislature of Pakistan.

Presidential Address to the Constituent Assembly of Pakistan on 11th August, 1947.

The first and the foremost thing that I would like to emphasize is this --remember that you are now a Sovereign Legislative body and you have got all the powers. It, therefore, places on you the gravest responsibility as to how you should take your decisions.

Presidential Address to the Constituent Assembly of Pakistan on 11th August, 1947.

 
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