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Mohammed Ali Jinnah Founder and first governor-general of Pakistan, Mohammed Ali Jinnah.

Mohammed Ali Jinnah

Pakistani governor-general
Also known as: Qaid-i-Azam
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Mahmud Husain
Vice-Chancellor, University of Karāchi, Pakistan. Editor of History of the Freedom Movement.
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Mohammed Ali Jinnah (born December 25, 1876?, Karachi, India [now in Pakistan]—died September 11, 1948, Karachi) was an Indian Muslim politician, who was the founder and first governor-general (1947–48) of Pakistan. Jinnah was the eldest of seven children of Jinnahbhai Poonja, a prosperous merchant, and his wife, Mithibai. His family was a member of the Khoja caste, Hindus who had converted to Islam centuries earlier and who were followers of the Aga Khan. There is...

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