Showing posts with label History. Show all posts
Showing posts with label History. Show all posts
An Unsolved Mystery: Why was The Quaid so depressed thirteen days before his death?
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Credit: Dr Ghulam Nabi Kazi
The Quaid tormented on the last day of his life!
From "Jinnah Creator of Pakistan" by Hector Bolitho, first published in 1954
As it turned out the ambulance sent was without fuel.
"Blow, blow, thou winter wind, Thou art not so unkind as man's ingratitude: Thy tooth is not so keen, Because thou art not seen, Although thy breath be rude." --- --- King Lear by William Shakespeare.
This was the first act of treason committed in the history of Pakistan and nobody is even curious to find out who perpetrated it.
Credit: Dr Ghulam Nabi Kazi
The Prophecy by the Clairovoyant
From Hector Bolitho's brilliant biography, first published in 1954.
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Mrs Naidu's poetry for Mr Jinnah
From "Jinnah Creator of Pakistan" by Hector Bolitho, first published in 1954
Mrs Sarojini Naidu, the first Governor of UP after Partition, reportedly had a 'crush' on Jinnah. Click here to see her picture card sent to Mr Jinnah in 1917.
The plane carrying the Quaid lands at Karachi, 7 August 1947
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It is a Vickers Viking aircraft and is currently on display at the new Pakistan Airforce Museum at Shahrae Faisal, Karachi which is open to the public.
Quaid-e-Azam with Nawab Siddiq Ali Khan of the Muslim League National Guards
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Quaid-e-Azam addressing the Karachi Municipal Corporation, August 1947
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Mayor Hakim M Ahsan, Sindh Governor G H Hidayatullah and Prime Minister Liaquat Ali Khan listening to him
Quaid-e-Azam advising the press about his talks with the Cabinet Mission, 1946
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