Quaid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah

Mohammad Ali Jinnah & Pakistan [Urdu article]

!ملت کا پاسبان محمد علی جنا ح

Was Quaid-e-Azam Secular? [Urdu article]

کیا قا ئد اعظم محمد علی جنا ح سیکولر تھے؟

Jinnah - Hearty Confession 'Dil no ekrar' (Gujaraty Monthly 'Visami Sadi', May, 1916)

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Jinnah's Gujarat connection is quite known. His father Jinnabhai/ઝીણાભાઈ (from whose name Mohammad Ali drew his last name 'Jinnah') belonged to Paneli in Kathiawad, few kms. away from birth place of Gandhi. Though born in Karachi, Mohammad Ali was well versed with his Pitrubhasha/ Fathertongue. Here is the sample of how good he was even at written Gujarati.

The page below (from iconic Gujaraty Monthly 'Visami Sadi', May, 1916) depicts answers of some simple questions in Mohammad Ali's own handwritings. Yes, he signed as માહમદ અલી ઝીણા / Mohammad Ali Jinnah in Gujarati. The column is titled 'Dil no ekrar' (Hearty Confession).

The page roughly translates as:

Admirable virtue of a Man : Independence

Admirable Virtue of a Woman : Loyality

Success in life, according to you : Securing love from people

Favourite recreation : Horse-riding

Favourite flower : Lily

Favourite writer: Shakespear

Favourite book: Monte cresto

Motto: Never get disppointed

The page can be found at http://www.gujarativisamisadi.com

(On home page Index, click Shirshak and in the long list of titles, click on the first Dil No Ekrar)

Raja Sahib of Mahmudabad (1914-1973)

Quaid-e-Azam with Raja Sahib of Mahmudabad

Raja Amir Ahmed Khan of Mahmudabad, well known as 'Raja Sahib of Mahmudabad', was a gifted disciple and trusted associate of Quaid-e-Azam at a very early age. He was born on November 5, 1914, educated at Lucknow and then in England. His father, Maharaja Sir Mohammad Ali Mohammad Khan (1877-1931), was a great landowner of the U.P. and a trusted friend of Quaid-e-Azam, who had presided sessions of the All-India Muslim League in 1917, 1918 and 1928.

Raja Amir Ahmed Khan succeeded to the estate Mahmudabad on March 23, 1931 on his father's death. At that time Mahmudabad was one of the richest estates of the Awadh. Raja Sahib was keenly interested in the Muslim renaissance and associated himself with the Muslim League at an early age. He was at one time the youngest member of the Working Committee of the All-India Muslim League. In 1937, he formed the All-India Muslim Students Federation, which mobilized the Muslim Youth for the cause of Islam and soon became vanguard of the Pakistan Movement. Under his able guidance, Muslim students spread throughout the sub-continent and most tenaciously organized the campaign of Muslim League candidates in the general elections, which eventually led to the establishment of Pakistan.

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