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'''Muhammad Ali Jinnah''' ([[Urdu]]: محمد على جناح){{Audio|Jinnah-pronunciation.ogg|listen}} ([[December 25]] [[1876]] – [[September 11]] [[1948]]) was an [[India (disambiguation)|Indian]] [[Muslim]] politician and leader of the [[Muslim League|All India Muslim League]] who founded [[Pakistan]] and served as its first [[Governor-General of Pakistan|Governor-General]]. He is officially known in Pakistan as '''Quaid-e-Azam''' (Urdu: قائد اعظم — "Great Leader") and '''''Baba-e-Qaum''''' ("[[Father of the Nation]].") His birth and death anniversaries are [[Holidays in Pakistan|national holiday]]s in Pakistan.

'''Anna Nolan''' (born [[16 October]], [[1970]]) is an [[Republic of Ireland|Irish]] [[television]] [[presenter]]. She came to prominence in 2000 when she was the first runner up in the [[Big Brother UK series 1|first series]] of the [[United Kingdom|British]] [[reality show]] ''[[Big Brother (UK)|Big Brother]]''. At the time she described herself as "an easy going, [[gay]], game for a laugh ex-novice [[nun]]. , kinky, devilish and dirty deep down, gentle and kind to boot!".She said on Big Brother she was forced to come out as a lesbian to her parents when her grandma caught Anna and her girlfriend Tania kissing in the park. Since then she has presented a number of television programmes, in both [[Ireland]] and the UK, and most recently hosted ''[[The Afternoon Show]]'' on [[RTÉ One]], along with [[Bláthnaid Ní Chofaigh]]. She announced in August 2006 that she would not be renewing her contract for the third series. She will be replaced with first-season host (who was not present in season 2) [[Sheana Keane]]. In August 2006 Anna was a presenter on the BBC programme ''Inside Out'' when the [[BBC North East and Cumbria]] crew filmed ''Anomalous Phenomena Investigations'' of Newcastle upon Tyne conducting a paranormal investigation at [[Hurworth Grange Community Centre]] in Hurworth-on-Tees. The show aired on 30 October 2006.

Jinnah rose to prominence in the [[Indian National Congress]] expounding ideas of [[Hinduism|Hindu]]-[[Islam|Muslim]] unity and helping shape the 1916 [[Lucknow Pact]] with the Muslim League; he also became a key leader in the [[All India Home Rule League]]. Differences with [[Mahatma Gandhi|Mohandas Gandhi]] led Jinnah to quit the Congress and take charge of the Muslim League. He proposed a [[Fourteen Points of Jinnah|fourteen-point constitutional reform plan]] to safeguard the political rights of Muslims in a self-governing India. His proposals failed amid the League's disunity, driving a disillusioned Jinnah to live in [[London]] for many years.

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Several Muslim leaders persuaded Jinnah to return to India in 1934 and re-organise the League. Tempered by the failure to build coalitions with the Congress, Jinnah embraced the goal of creating a separate state for Muslims as in the [[Lahore Resolution]]. The League won most Muslim seats in the elections of 1946, and Jinnah launched the ''[[Muslim League's Direct Action Day|Direct Action]]'' campaign of strikes and protests to achieve "Pakistan", which degenerated into communal violence across India. The failure of the Congress-League coalition to govern the country prompted both parties and the British to agree to partition. As Governor-General of Pakistan, Jinnah led efforts to rehabilitate millions of refugees, and to frame national policies on foreign affairs, security and economic development.

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==Early life==

[[Image:Jinnah06.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Jinnah in traditional dress.]]

Jinnah was born as '''Mahomedali Jinnahbhai'''<ref name="early">{{cite web| url=http://www.pakistan.gov.pk/Quaid/life_quaid01.htm| title="Early Days: Birth and Schooling"| first=Government of Pakistan| last=Official website| accessdate=2006-04-20}}</ref> in [[Wazir Mansion (Karachi)|Wazir Mansion]], [[Karachi]], [[Sindh]]&mdash;then a province of the [[Bombay Presidency]] of [[British India]]. Although his earliest school records were to state that he was born on [[October 20]] [[1875]], he himself later in life<ref>Beginning at least since 1917 when his first biography, ''Ambassador of Hindu-Muslim Unity'', by [[Sarojini Naidu]] was published.</ref> would give December 25, 1876 as his official date of birth.<ref name="birthdate">{{cite web| url=http://pakistanspace.tripod.com/47_12.htm| title="1947: December - Pakistan celebrates founder's birthday"| first=Tripod.com | last="Pakistanspace"|accessdate=2006-04-20}}</ref>

Jinnah was the eldest of seven children born to Mithibai and Jinnahbhai Poonja. His father, Jinnahbhai (1857&ndash;1901), was a prosperous [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]] merchant who had moved to [[Sindh]] from [[Kathiawar]], [[Gujarat]] shortly before Jinnah's birth.<ref name="story">{{cite web| url=http://www.storyofpakistan.com/person.asp?perid=P009| title="Muhammad Ali Jinnah (1876-1948)"| first=Story of Pakistan| last=Timeline: Personalities| accessdate=2006-04-20}}</ref><ref name=ahmed>Ahmed, Akbar S. 1997. ''Jinnah, Pakistan and Islamic Identiy: The Search for Saladin''. London: Routledge. 320 pages. ISBN 0415149665. page 3.</ref> The firstborn Jinnah was soon joined by six siblings&mdash;brothers Ahmad Ali, Bunde Ali, and Rahmat Ali, and sisters Maryam, [[Fatima Jinnah|Fatima]] and Shireen.<ref name="Jinnah Family">{{cite web| url=http://nazariapak.info/data/madr-e-millat/madar.asp| title="Madar-e-Millat Fatima Jinnah"| first=Nazar-e-Pakistan| last=Madar-e-Millat Fatima Jinnah| accessdate=2006-05-14}}</ref> Jinnah's family belonged to the [[Ismaili]] [[Khoja]] branch of [[Shi'a Islam]]. Their mother tongue was [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]], however, in time they also came to speak [[Kutchi]], [[Sindhi language|Sindhi]] and [[English language|English]].<ref name="jinnah87">Fatimah Jinnah, ''My Brother'', pp. 48-49</ref>

The young Jinnah, a restless student, studied at several schools: at the Sindh Madrasatul-Islam in Karachi; briefly at the Gokal Das Tej Primary School in Bombay; and finally at the Christian Missionary Society High School in Karachi,<ref name="early" /> where, at age sixteen, he passed the matriculation examination of the University of Bombay.<ref>Jinnah, Mohammed Ali. (2007). In Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved March 2, 2007, from : [http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9043659 Encyclopædia Britannica Online]</ref>

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The same year, 1892, Jinnah was offered an apprenticeship at the [[London]] office of [[Graham's Shipping and Trading Company]], a business that had extensive dealings with Jinnahbhai Poonja's firm in Karachi.<ref name=early/> However, before he left for England, he married, at his mother's urging, a distant cousin, Emibai, who was two years his junior.<ref name = early/> The marriage was not to last long: a few months later, Emibai died. Later, during his sojourn in England, his mother too would pass away.<ref name=ahmed/> In London, Jinnah soon left the apprenticeship to study law instead, by joining [[Lincoln's Inn]]. In three years, at age 19, he became the youngest Indian to be [[Call to the Bar|called to the bar]] in England.<ref name=ahmed/> Around this time, Jinnah also became interested in politics. An admirer of the Indian political leaders [[Dadabhai Naoroji]] and [[Sir Pherozeshah Mehta]],<ref name="lawyer">{{cite web| url=http://www.pakistan.gov.pk/Quaid/lawyer3.htm| title="The Lawyer: Bombay (1896-1910)"| first=Government of Pakistan |last=Official website| accessdate=2006-04-20}}</ref> he worked, with other Indian students, on the former's successful campaign for a seat in the [[British Parliament]]. Although, by now, Jinnah had developed largely constitutionalist views on Indian self-government, he nevertheless condemned both the arrogance of British officials in India and the discrimination practised by them against Indians.

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During the final period of his stay in England, Jinnah came under considerable pressure when his father's business was ruined. Settling in [[Mumbai|Bombay]], he became a successful lawyer&mdash;gaining particular fame for his skilled handling of the "[[Caucus Case]]".<ref name="lawyer" /> Jinnah built a house in [[Malabar Hill]], later known as [[Jinnah House]]. He was not an observant Muslim and dressed throughout his life in European-style clothes, and spoke in [[English language|English]] more than his mother tongue, [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]].<ref name="hardiman89">Hardiman, ''Peasant Nationalists of Gujarat'', pp. 89</ref> His reputation as a skilled lawyer prompted Indian leader [[Bal Gangadhar Tilak]] to hire him as defence counsel for his sedition trial in 1905. Jinnah argued that it was not sedition for an Indian to demand freedom and self-government in his own country, but Tilak received a rigorous term of imprisonment.<ref name="lawyer" />

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==Early political career==

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[[Image:Quaid6_edited.jpg|thumb|150px|Muhammad Ali Jinnah, as a young lawyer.]]

In 1896, Jinnah joined the [[Indian National Congress]], which was the largest Indian political organisation. Like most of the Congress at the time, Jinnah did not favour outright independence, considering British influences on education, law, culture and industry as beneficial to India. Moderate leader [[Gopal Krishna Gokhale]] became Jinnah's role model, with Jinnah proclaiming his ambition to become the "Muslim Gokhale".<ref name="naidu">{{cite web| url=http://nazariapak.info/data/urdu/2004/june/mrs-sarojni.asp| title=" Mohammad Ali Jinnah: An Ambassador of Unity: A Pen Portrait"| first=Nazaria-e-Pakistan Foundation| last="Sarojini Naidu"| accessdate=2004-04-20}}</ref> On [[January 25]], [[1910]], Jinnah became a member on the sixty-member Imperial Legislative Council. The council had no real power or authority, and included a large number of un-elected pro-Raj loyalists and Europeans. Nevertheless, Jinnah was instrumental in the passing of the ''Child Marriages Restraint Act'', the legitimization of the Muslim [[wakf]]&mdash;religious endowments&mdash;and was appointed to the Sandhurst committee, which helped establish the [[Indian Military Academy]] at [[Dehra Dun]].<ref name="statesman">{{cite web| url=http://www.pakistan.gov.pk/Quaid/politician7.htm| title="The Statesman: Jinnah's differences with the Congress"| first=Government of Pakistan| last=Official website| accessdate=2006-04-20}}</ref><ref name="story" /> During [[World War I]], Jinnah joined other Indian moderates in supporting the British war effort, hoping that Indians would be rewarded with political freedoms

Jinnah had initially avoided joining the [[All India Muslim League]], founded in 1906, regarding it as too communal. Eventually, he joined the league in 1913 and became the president at the 1916 session in [[Lucknow]]. Jinnah was the architect of the 1916 [[Lucknow Pact]] between the Congress and the League, bringing them together on most issues regarding self-government and presenting a united front to the British. Jinnah also played an important role in the founding of the [[All India Home Rule League]] in 1916. Along with political leaders [[Annie Besant]] and Tilak, Jinnah demanded "[[home rule]]" for India&mdash;the status of a self-governing [[dominion]] in the Empire similar to [[Canada]], [[New Zealand]] and [[Australia]]. He headed the League's [[Bombay Presidency]] chapter. In 1918, Jinnah married his second wife [[Rattanbai Petit]] ("Ruttie"), twenty-four years his junior, and the fashionable young daughter of his personal friend Sir Dinshaw Petit of an elite [[Parsi]] family of Mumbai. Unexpectedly there was great opposition to the marriage from Rattanbai's family and Parsi society, as well as orthodox Muslim leaders. Rattanbai defied her family and nominally converted to [[Islam]], adopting (though never using) the name "Maryam"&mdash;resulting in a permanent estrangement from her family and Parsi society. The couple resided in Bombay, and frequently travelled across India and Europe. She bore Jinnah his only child, daughter [[Dina Wadia|Dina]], in year 1919.

==Fourteen points and "exile"==

[[Image:Quaid5.jpg|thumb|150px|A young Jinnah.]]

Jinnah's problems with the Congress began with the ascent of [[Mohandas Gandhi]] in 1918, who espoused non-violent [[civil disobedience]] as the best means to obtain ''[[Swaraj]]'' (independence, or self-rule) for all Indians. Jinnah differed, saying that only constitutional struggle could lead to independence. Unlike most Congress leaders, Gandhi did not wear western-style clothes, did his best to use [[Languages of India|an Indian language]] instead of [[English language|English]], and was deeply spiritual and religious. Gandhi's ''Indianised'' style of leadership gained great popularity with the Indian people. Jinnah criticised Gandhi's support of the [[Khilafat Movement]], which he saw as an endorsement of religious zealotry.<ref name="jalal8">[[Ayesha Jalal]], ''The Sole Spokesman'', pp. 8</ref> By 1920, Jinnah resigned from the Congress, warning that Gandhi's method of mass struggle would lead to divisions between Hindus and Muslims and within the two communities.<ref name="statesman" /> Becoming president of the Muslim League, Jinnah was drawn into a conflict between a pro-Congress faction and a pro-British faction. In 1927, Jinnah entered negotiations with Muslim and Hindu leaders on the issue of a future constitution, during the struggle against the all-British [[Simon Commission]]. The League wanted separate electorates while the [[Nehru Report]] favoured joint electorates. Jinnah personally opposed separate electorates, but then drafted compromises and put forth demands that he thought would satisfy both. These became known as the [[Fourteen Points of Jinnah|14 points of Mr. Jinnah]].<ref name="14points">{{cite web| url=http://www.pakistan.gov.pk/Quaid/politician11.htm| title="The Statesman: Quaid-i-Azam's Fourteen Points"| first=Government of Pakistan| last=Official website| accessdate=2006-04-20}}</ref> However, they were rejected by the Congress and other political parties.

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Jinnah's personal life and especially his marriage suffered during this period due to his political work. Although they worked to save their marriage by travelling together to Europe when he was appointed to the Sandhurst committee, the couple separated in 1927. Jinnah was deeply saddened when Rattanbai died in 1929, after a serious illness.

At the Round Table Conferences in London, Jinnah criticised Gandhi, but was disillusioned by the breakdown of talks.<ref name="london">{{cite web| url=http://www.pakistan.gov.pk/Quaid/politician14.htm| title="The Statesman: London 1931"| first=Government of Pakistan| last=Official website| accessdate=2006-04-20}}</ref> Frustrated with the disunity of the Muslim League, he decided to quit politics and practise law in England. Jinnah would receive personal care and support through his later life from his sister [[Fatima Jinnah|Fatima]], who lived and travelled with him and also became a close advisor. She helped raise his daughter, who was educated in England and India. Jinnah later became estranged from his daughter after she decided to marry Parsi-born Christian businessman, [[Neville Wadia]]&mdash;even though he had faced the same issues when he desired to marry Rattanbai in 1918. Jinnah continued to correspond cordially with his daughter, but their personal relationship was strained. Dina continued to live in India with her family.

==Leader of the Muslim League==

[[Image:10_edited.jpg|thumb|250px|Jinnah with his sister (left) and daughter Dina (right) in Bombay]]

Prominent Muslim leaders like the [[The Aga Khan|Aga Khan]], [[Choudhary Rahmat Ali]] and [[Allama Iqbal|Sir Muhammad Iqbal]] made efforts to convince Jinnah to return to India and take charge of a now-reunited Muslim League. In 1934 Jinnah returned and began to re-organise the party, being closely assisted by [[Liaquat Ali Khan]], who would act as his right-hand man. In the 1937 elections, the League emerged as a competent party, capturing a significant number of seats under the Muslim electorate, but lost in the Muslim-majority [[Punjab (British India)|Punjab]], [[Sindh]] and the [[Northwest Frontier Province]].<ref name="jalal27">Ayesha Jalal, ''The Sole Spokesman'', pp. 27</ref> Jinnah offered an alliance with the Congress - both bodies would face the British together, but the Congress had to share power, accept separate electorates and the League as the representative of India's Muslims. The latter two terms were unacceptable to the Congress, which had its own national Muslim leaders and membership and adhered to secularism. Even as Jinnah held talks with Congress president [[Rajendra Prasad]],<ref name="jalal14">Ayesha Jalal, ''The Sole Spokesman'', pp. 14</ref> Congress leaders suspected that Jinnah would use his position as a lever for exaggerated demands and obstruct government, and demanded that the League merge with the Congress.<ref name="rgandhi262">[[Rajmohan Gandhi]], ''Patel: A Life'', pp. 262</ref> The talks failed, and while Jinnah declared the resignation of all Congressmen from provincial and central offices in 1938 as a "Day of Deliverance" from Hindu domination,<ref name="rgandhi289">R. Gandhi, ''Patel: A Life'', pp. 289</ref> some historians assert that he remained hopeful for an agreement.<ref name="jalal14" />

In a speech to the League in 1930, Sir Muhammad Iqbal mooted an independent state for Muslims in "northwest India." Choudhary Rahmat Ali published a [[Now or Never; Are we to live or perish forever?|pamphlet]] in 1933 advocating a state called "Pakistan". Following the failure to work with the Congress, Jinnah, who had embraced separate electorates and the exclusive right of the League to represent Muslims, was converted to the idea that Muslims needed a separate state to protect their rights. Jinnah came to believe that Muslims and Hindus were distinct nations, with unbridgeable differences&mdash;a view later known as the ''[[Two Nation Theory]]''.<ref name="rgandhi292">Rajmohan Gandhi, ''Patel: A Life'', pp. 292</ref> Jinnah declared that a united India would lead to the marginalization of Muslims, and eventually civil war between Hindus and Muslims. This change of view may have occurred through his correspondence with Iqbal, who was close to Jinnah.<ref name="iqbal">{{cite web| url=http://www.pakistan.gov.pk/Quaid/politician13.htm| title="The Statesman: Allama Iqbal's Presidential Address at Allahabad 1930"| first=Government of Pakistan| last=Official website| accessdate=2006-04-20}}</ref> In the session in [[Lahore]] in 1940, the [[Lahore Resolution|Pakistan resolution]] was adopted as the main goal of the party. The resolution was rejected outright by the Congress, and criticised by many Muslim leaders like [[Maulana Abul Kalam Azad]], [[Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan]], [[Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi|Syed Ab'ul Ala Maududi]] and the [[Jamaat-e-Islami]]. On [[July 26]], [[1943]], Jinnah was stabbed and wounded by a member of the extremist [[Khaksars]] in an attempted [[assassination]].

Jinnah founded ''[[Dawn (newspaper)|Dawn]]'' in 1941&mdash;a major newspaper that helped him propagate the League's point of views. During the [[Cripps' mission|mission]] of British minister [[Stafford Cripps]], Jinnah demanded parity between the number of Congress and League ministers, the League's exclusive right to appoint Muslims and a right for Muslim-majority provinces to secede, leading to the breakdown of talks. Jinnah supported the British effort in [[World War II]], and opposed the [[Quit India movement]]. During this period, the League formed provincial governments and entered the central government. The League's influence increased in the Punjab after the death of [[Unionist Muslim League|Unionist]] leader [[Sikander Hyat Khan]] in 1942. Gandhi held talks fourteen times with Jinnah in Mumbai in 1944, about a united front&mdash;while talks failed, Gandhi's overtures to Jinnah increased the latter's standing with Muslims.<ref name="rgandhi331">Rajmohan Gandhi, ''Patel: A Life'', pp. 331</ref>

==Founding Pakistan==

[[Image:Jinnah12.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Jinnah delivering a political speech.]]

In the 1946 elections for the [[Constituent Assembly of India]], the Congress won most of the elected seats and Hindu electorate seats, while the League won control of a large majority of Muslim electorate seats. The [[1946 Cabinet Mission to India|1946 British Cabinet Mission to India]] released a plan on 16th May, calling for a united India comprised of considerably autonomous provinces, and called for "groups" of provinces formed on the basis of religion. A second plan released on June 16th, called for the partition of India along religious lines, with [[List of Indian Princely States|princely states]] to choose between accession to the dominion of their choice or independence. The Congress, fearing India's fragmentation, criticised the 16th May proposal and rejected the 16th June plan. Jinnah gave the League's assent to both plans, knowing that power would go only to the party that had supported a plan. After much debate and against Gandhi's advice that both plans were divisive, the Congress accepted the 16th May plan while condemning the grouping principle. Jinnah decried this acceptance as "dishonesty", accused the British negotiators of "treachery",<ref name="rgandhi369">Rajmohan Gandhi, ''Patel: A Life'', pp. 369</ref> and withdrew the League's approval of both plans. The League boycotted the assembly, leaving the Congress in charge of the government but denying it legitimacy in the eyes of many Muslims.

Jinnah issued a call for all Muslims to launch "[[Direct Action Day|Direct Action]]" on [[August 16]] to "achieve Pakistan".<ref name="rgandhi372">Rajmohan Gandhi, ''Patel: A Life", pp. 372-73</ref> Strikes and protests were planned, but violence broke out all over India, especially in [[Calcutta]] and the district of [[Noakhali]] in [[Bengal]], and more than 7,000&nbsp;people were killed in [[Bihar]]. Although viceroy Lord Wavell asserted that there was "no satisfactory evidence to that effect",<ref name="mansergh879">Mansergh, "Transfer of Power Papers Volume IX", pp 879</ref> League politicians were blamed by the Congress and the media for orchestrating the violence.<ref name="rgandhi376">R. Gandhi, ''Patel: A Life'', pp. 376-78</ref> After a conference in December 1946 in London, the League entered the interim government, but Jinnah refrained from accepting office for himself. This was credited as a major victory for Jinnah, as the League entered government having rejected both plans, and was allowed to appoint an equal number of ministers despite being the minority party. The coalition was unable to work, resulting in a rising feeling within the Congress that partition was the only way of avoiding political chaos and possible civil war. The Congress agreed to the partition of Punjab and Bengal along religious lines in late 1946. The new viceroy [[Lord Mountbatten]] and Indian civil servant [[V. P. Menon]] proposed a plan that would create a Muslim dominion in [[Punjab (Pakistan)|West Punjab]], [[East Bengal]], [[Baluchistan (Chief Commissioners Province)|Baluchistan]] and [[Sindh]]. After heated and emotional debate, the Congress approved the plan.<ref name="plan">{{cite web| url=http://www.pakistan.gov.pk/Quaid/leader17_2.htm| title="The Leader: The Plan of June 3, 1947: page 2"| first=Government of Pakistan| last=Official website| accessdate=2006-04-20}}</ref> The [[North-West Frontier Province, Pakistan|North-West Frontier Province]] voted to join Pakistan in a referendum in July 1947. Jinnah asserted in a speech in Lahore on [[October 30]], [[1947]] that the League had accepted partition because "the consequences of any other alternative would have been too disastrous to imagine."<ref name=speech_lahore>{{cite web| url=http://pakistanspace.tripod.com/47_10.htm| title="1947: October - Jinnah visits Lahore"| first=Tripod.com| last="Pakistanspace"| accessdate=2006-04-20}}</ref>

==Governor-General==

[[Image:Jinnah_Gandhi.jpg|thumb|230px|Jinnah with Gandhi, 1944.]]

Along with [[Liaquat Ali Khan]] and [[Abdur Rab Nishtar]], Muhammad Ali Jinnah represented the League in the Partition Council to appropriately divide public assets between India and Pakistan.<ref name="rgandhi416">Rajmohan Gandhi, ''Patel: A Life'', pp. 416</ref> The assembly members from the provinces that would comprise Pakistan formed the new state's constituent assembly, and the [[:Category:Military of British India|Military of British India]] was divided between Muslim and non-Muslim units and officers. Indian leaders were angered at Jinnah's courting the princes of [[Jodhpur]], [[Bhopal]] and [[Indore]] to accede to Pakistan - these princely states were not geographically aligned with Pakistan, and each had a Hindu-majority population.<ref name="rgandhi407">R. Gandhi, ''Patel: A Life'', pp. 407-08</ref>

Muhammad Ali Jinnah became the first [[Governor-General of Pakistan]] and president of its constituent assembly. Inaugurating the assembly on [[August 11]], [[1947]], Jinnah spoke of an inclusive and pluralist democracy promising equal rights for all citizens regardless of religion, caste or creed. He famously advised the highest body in the land:

:''If we want to make this great State of Pakistan happy and prosperous we should wholly and solely concentrate on the well-being of the people, and especially of the masses and the poor... you are free- you are free to go to your temples mosques or any other place 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... in due course of time Hindus will cease to be Hindus and Muslims will cease to Muslims- not in a religious sense for that is the personal faith of an individual- but in a political sense as citizens of one state''<ref name="governorgeneral">{{cite web| url=http://www.pakistan.gov.pk/Quaid/governor_g.htm| title="The Governor General"| first=Government of Pakistan| last=Official website| accessdate=2006-04-20}}</ref>

This address is a cause of much debate in Pakistan as, on its basis, many claim that Jinnah wanted a secular state while supporters of Islamic Pakistan assert that this speech is being taken out of context when compared to other speeches by him.

On [[October 11]], 1947, in an address to Civil, Naval, Military and Air Force Officers of Pakistan Government, Karachi, he said:

:''We should have a State in which we could live and breathe as free men and which we could develop according to our own lights and culture and where principles of Islamic social justice could find free play.''<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.pakistan.gov.pk/Quaid/speech09.htm| title="A CALL TO DUTY"| first=Government of Pakistan| last=Official website| accessdate=2007-01-07}}</ref>

On [[February 21]], 1948, in an address to the officers and men of the 5th Heavy Ack Ack and 6th Light Ack Ack Regiments in Malir, Karachi, he said:

:''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. With faith, discipline and selfless devotion to duty, there is nothing worthwhile that you cannot achieve.''<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.pakistan.gov.pk/Quaid/speech24.htm| title="SELFLESS DEVOTION TO DUTY"| first=Government of Pakistan| last=Official website| accessdate=2007-01-07}}</ref>

[[Image:Jinnah_edited.jpg|thumb|150px|Jinnah in his final days.]]

The office of Governor-General was ceremonial, but Jinnah also assumed the lead of government. The first months of Pakistan's existence were absorbed in ending the intense violence that had arisen. In wake of acrimony between Hindus and Muslims, Jinnah agreed with Indian leaders to organise a swift and secure exchange of populations in the Punjab and Bengal. He visited the border regions with Indian leaders to calm people and encourage peace, and organised large-scale refugee camps. Despite these efforts, estimates on the death toll vary from around two hundred thousand, to over a million people.<ref name="deaths">{{cite web| url=http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/warstat3.htm#India| title="Secondary Wars and Atrocities of the Twentieth Century"| first=Users.Erols.com| last="Matthew White"| accessdate=2006-04-20}}</ref> The estimated number of refugees in both countries exceeds 15 million.<ref name="consequences">{{cite web| url=http://www.english.emory.edu/Bahri/Part.html| title="The Partition of India"| first=Department of English, Emory University| last="Postcolonial Studies" project| accessdate=2006-04-20}}</ref> The capital city of Karachi saw an explosive increase in its population owing to the large encampments of refugees. Jinnah was personally affected and depressed by the intense violence of the period.<ref name="depression">{{cite web| url=http://pakistanspace.tripod.com/47_09.htm| title="1947: September - Formidable Jinnah is very dignified and very sad"| first=Tripod.com| last="Pakistanspace"| accessdate=2006-04-20}}</ref>

Jinnah authorised force to achieve the annexation of the princely state of [[Kalat]] and suppress the insurgency in [[Baluchistan (Chief Commissioners Province)|Baluchistan]]. He controversially accepted the accession of [[Junagadh]]&mdash;a Hindu-majority state with a Muslim ruler located in the [[Saurashtra]] peninsula, some 400 kilometres (250&nbsp;mi) southeast of Pakistan&mdash;but this was annulled by Indian intervention. It is unclear if Jinnah planned or knew of the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1947|tribal invasion]] from Pakistan into the kingdom of [[Jammu and Kashmir]] in October 1947, but he did send his private secretary [[Khurshid Ahmed]] to observe developments in Kashmir. When informed of Kashmir's accession to India, Jinnah deemed the accession illegitimate and ordered the Pakistani army to enter Kashmir.<ref name="rgandhi444">[[Rajmohan Gandhi]], ''Patel: A Life'', pp. 444</ref> However, [[Sir Claude Auchinleck|Gen. Auchinleck]], the supreme commander of all British officers informed Jinnah that while India had the right to send troops to Kashmir, which had acceded to it, Pakistan did not. If Jinnah persisted, Auchinleck would remove all British officers from both sides. As Pakistan had a greater proportion of Britons holding senior command, Jinnah cancelled his order, but protested to the [[United Nations]] to intercede.<ref name="rgandhi444" />

Owing to his role in the state's creation, Jinnah was the most popular and influential politician. He played a pivotal role in protecting the rights of minorities,<ref name="minorities">{{cite web| url=http://pakistanspace.tripod.com/47_10.htm| title="1947: October - Jinnah wants the minorities to stay in Pakistan"| first=Tripod.com| last="Pakistanspace"| accessdate=2006-04-20}}</ref> establishing colleges, military institutions and Pakistan's financial policy.<ref name="lastyear">{{cite web| url=http://www.pakistan.gov.pk/Quaid/governor_g2_2.htm| title="The Governor General: The Last Year: page 2"| first=Government of Pakistan| last=Official website| accessdate=2006-04-20}}</ref> In his first visit to [[East Pakistan]], Jinnah stressed that [[Urdu]] alone should be the national language which was strongly opposed by the [[Bengali people]] of East Pakistan (now [[Bangladesh]]), for the reason that they traditionally spoke [[Bangla]] (Bengali). He also worked for an agreement with India settling disputes regarding the division of assets.<ref name="cash">{{cite web| url=http://pakistanspace.tripod.com/47_12.htm| title="1947: December - Money matters"| first=Tripod.com| last="Pakistanspace"| accessdate=2006-04-20}}</ref>

==Death==

[[Image:Jinnah funeral2.jpg|thumb|right|200px|The funeral of Jinnah in 1948.]]

Through the 1940s, Jinnah suffered from [[tuberculosis]]&mdash;only his sister and a few others close to Jinnah were aware of his condition. In 1948, Jinnah's health began to falter, hindered further by the heavy workload that had fallen upon him following Pakistan's creation. Attempting to recuperate, he spent many months at his official retreat in [[Ziarat]], but died on [[September 11]] [[1948]] from a combination of tuberculosis and [[lung cancer]]. His funeral was followed by the construction of a massive [[mausoleum]]&mdash;[[Mazar-e-Quaid]]&mdash;in Karachi to honour him; official and military ceremonies are hosted there on special occasions.

[[Dina Wadia]] remained in India after partition, before ultimately settling in [[New York City]]. Jinnah's grandson, [[Nusli Wadia]], is a prominent industrialist residing in Mumbai. In the 1963&ndash;1964 elections, Jinnah's sister [[Fatima Jinnah]], known as ''Madar-e-Millat'' ("Mother of the Nation"), became the presidential candidate of a coalition of political parties that opposed the rule of President [[Ayub Khan]], but lost the election. The [[Jinnah House]] in [[Malabar Hill]], Mumbai is in the possession of the [[Government of India]]&mdash;its future is officially disputed.<ref name="house">{{cite web| url=http://www.chowk.com/show_article.cgi?aid=00005294&channel=civic%20center&threshold=1&layout=0&order=0&start=30&end=39&page=1| title="Dina Wadia Claims Jinnah House"| first=Chowk.com| last=Basit Ghafoor| accessdate=2006-04-20}}</ref> Jinnah had personally requested Indian Prime Minister [[Jawaharlal Nehru]] to preserve the house&mdash;he hoped for good relations between India and Pakistan, and that one day he could return to Mumbai.<ref>[http://www.himalmag.com/september2001/voices.html Jinnah's Bombay house]</ref> There are proposals for the house be offered to the Government of Pakistan to establish a consulate in the city, as a goodwill gesture, but [[Dina Wadia]]'s family have laid claim to the property.

==Legacy and criticism==

[[Image:Khimaz.JPG|thumb|right|225px|[[Mazar-e-Quaid]]&mdash; the mausoleum of Jinnah in Karachi is a national monument of Pakistan]]

In Pakistan, Jinnah is honoured with the official title '''Quaid-e-Azam''', and he is depicted on all [[Pakistani rupee]] notes of denominations ten and higher, and is the [[namesake]] of many Pakistani public institutions. The former ''Quaid-e-Azam International Airport'', now called the [[Jinnah International Airport]], in Karachi is Pakistan's busiest. One of the largest streets in the [[Turkey|Turkish]] capital [[Ankara]] &mdash; [[Cinnah Caddesi]] &mdash;is named after him. In [[Iran]], one of the capital [[Tehran]]'s most important new highways is also named after him, while the government released a stamp commemorating the centennial of Jinnah's birthday. The [[Mazar-e-Quaid]], Jinnah's [[mausoleum]], is among Karachi's most imposing buildings. In media, Jinnah was portrayed by British actors [[Richard Lintern]] (as the young Jinnah) and [[Christopher Lee]] (as the elder Jinnah) in the 1998 film "''[[Jinnah (film)|Jinnah]]''".<ref name="jinnahfilm">{{cite web| url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/wiltshire/entertainment/films_and_tv/christopherlee.shtml| title="Interview with Christopher Lee"| first=BBC website| last="Wiltshire - Films & TV"| accessdate=2006-04-20}}</ref> In [[Richard Attenborough]]'s film ''[[Gandhi (film)|Gandhi]]'',<ref name="gandhifilm">{{cite web| url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083987/| title="Gandhi (1982)"| first=Amazon.com| last=Internet Movie Database| accessdate=2006-04-20}}</ref> Jinnah was portrayed by theatre-personality [[Alyque Padamsee]]. In the 1986 televised mini-series ''Lord Mountbatten: the Last Viceroy'', Jinnah was played by [[Poland|Polish]] actor [[Vladek Sheybal]].

Some historians like [[H M Seervai]] and [[Ayesha Jalal]] assert that Jinnah never wanted partition&mdash;it was the outcome of the Congress leaders being unwilling to share power with the Muslim League. It is asserted that Jinnah only used the Pakistan demand as a method to mobilise support to obtain significant political rights for Muslims. Jinnah has gained the admiration of major Indian nationalist politicians like [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]] and [[Lal Krishna Advani]]&mdash;the latter's comments praising Jinnah caused an uproar in his own [[Bharatiya Janata Party]].<ref name="advani">{{cite web| url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1391007,001300270001.htm| title="Pakistan expresses shock over Advani's resignation as BJP chief"| first=Hindustan Times| last=Online edition| accessdate=2006-04-20}}</ref>

Some critics allege that Jinnah's courting the princes of Hindu states and his gambit with Junagadh is proof of ill intentions towards India, as he was the proponent of the theory that Hindus and Muslims could not live together, yet being interested in Hindu-majority states.<ref name=rgandhi435_a>R. Gandhi, ''Patel: A Life'', pp. 435</ref> In his book ''Patel: A Life'', [[Rajmohan Gandhi]] asserts that Jinnah sought to engage the question of Junagadh with an eye on Kashmir&mdash;he wanted India to ask for a [[plebiscite]] in Junagadh, knowing thus that the principle then would have to be applied to Kashmir, where the Muslim-majority would, he believed, vote for Pakistan.<ref name="rgandhi435_b">Rajmohan Gandhi, ''Patel: A Life'', pp. 435-36</ref>

==See also==

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==Notes==

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[[Image:Jinnahhouse_(2).jpg|thumb|300px|''Jinnah House'' in Bombay, India.]]

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