Muhammad Ali Jinnah

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Muhammad Ali Jinnah was a barrister, politician, and the founder of Pakistan. He served as the leader of the All-India Muslim League from 1913 until Pakistan's independence on August 14, 1947, and then as Pakistan's first Governor-General until his death. Born in Karachi and trained as a barrister at Lincoln's Inn in London, Jinnah rose to prominence in the Indian National Congress in the first two decades of the 20th century. In this early stage of his political career, he advocated for Hindu-Muslim unity, helping to shape the 1916 Lucknow Pact between the Congress and the All-India Muslim League. By 1920, Jinnah resigned from the Congress when it agreed to follow Mohandas Gandhi's campaign of satyagraha, which he regarded as political anarchy. By 1940, Jinnah had come to believe that the Muslims of the Indian subcontinent should have their own state to avoid potential marginalization. In that year, the Muslim League, led by Jinnah, passed the Lahore Resolution, demanding a separate nation for Indian Muslims. During the Second World War, the League gained strength while leaders of the Congress were imprisoned. Ultimately, negotiations failed to keep a united India, leading to the partition of the subcontinent and the creation of Pakistan in 1947. Jinnah is revered in Pakistan as Quaid-i-Azam and Baba-i-Qaum.

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