3. Early Life
• His father was a
prosperous Muslim
merchant named
Jinnah Poonja.
• He received his early
education at the
Sindh Madrasah and
later at the Mission
School, Karachi.
4. Cont…
• His father wanted
him to acquire
business
experience but he
decided to become
a barrister.
Jinnah’s father
5. Lincoln’s Inn
• He studied at
Bombay university
and at Lincoln’s
Inn in London. He
became the
youngest barrister
of India.
The gate house, Lincoln’s Inn, London.
6. Cont…
• Married at the age
of 16 years, he left
India and went to
London but both
his mother and
wife died when he
was there.
7. Cont…
• When he was in England he observed that
many people from India became slaves
and were treated poorly.
• He realized that there’s a difference of
treatment between the rulers and the
ruled.
8. Political Career
• He started his political life as Dadabhai
Naoroji’s personal secretary.
• Quaid-e-Azam joined Indian National
Congress in 1896.
• In his early career Jinnah supported the
British because he thought that they
would grant Indians political freedom.
9. Membership of All India
Muslim League
• In 1913 he joined
Muslim league with
out leaving Congress.
• In 1916 he became
the president of Muslim league and began
to work for Hindu-Muslim unity.
10. Jinnah’s Second Marriage
• Jinnah married again with a woman named
Rattanbai Petit in 1918.
• Her religion was parsi, which was different
from Jinnah's.
• When Rattanbai turned 18 she converted to
Islam and changed her name to Maryam.
• In 1919, Quaid-e-Azam and Rattanbai had a
daughter named Dina.
11. Ambassador of Hindu-Muslim
unity
• The Lucknow pact was a bright chapter
in the dark and gloomy time of Indian
politics. Lucknow pact created a political
homogeneity between the two nations
and Quaid-e-Azam was conferred with a
proud title of Ambassador of Hindu-
Muslim unity.
12. Iqbal’s influence
• Jinnah changed his
thinking & dressing
• Changed his belief
about the Hindus
• Started working for
the Muslims only
• Accepted ‘Pakistan’
as the only solution
13. Truths about Jinnah
Jinnah was:
• An honest politician
• An extremely
intelligent lawyer
• A great leader
• A hard-working and
honest human being
• A man with a vision
• Peace-loving
14. His illness
• Through the
1940s, Jinnah
suffered from
tuberculosis; only
his sister and a few
others close to him
were aware of his
condition.
• In 1948, Jinnah’s
health began to
falter by the heavy
workload that had
fallen upon him
following
Pakistan’s
independence.