Sunday, December 25, 2011

Rare Collection of Muhammad Ali Jinnah (Quaid-e-Azam) Pics

Muhammad Ali Jinnah (December 25, 1876 – September 11, 1948) was a Muslim lawyer, politician, statesman and the founder of Pakistan. He is popularly and officially known in Pakistan as Quaid-e-Azam ("Great Leader") and Baba-e-Qaum ("Father of the Nation"). Jinnah served as leader of the All-India Muslim League from 1913 until Pakistan's independence on August 14, 1947, and as Pakistan's first Governor-General from August 15, 1947 until his death on September 11, 1948. Jinnah rose to prominence in the Indian National Congress initially expounding ideas of Hindu-Muslim unity and helping shape the 1916 Lucknow Pact between the Muslim League and the Indian National Congress; he also became a key leader in the All India Home Rule League. He proposed a fourteen-point constitutional reform plan to safeguard the political rights of Muslims in a self-governing India.


Quaid-E-Azam with Sister Fatma Jinnah



Portrait of the Founder



Founder with Muslim ladies in Hyderabad Deccan, 1938


Portrait of the Founder


Portrait of the Founder


A Classic of brother-sister


A rare snapshot of Quaid's uninhibited laughter


As a young magistrate in Bombay


Portrait of the Founder


Founder with Liaquat Ali, Z A Suleri, Altaf Hussain and K H Khurshid, outside a London mosque in 1946.


Founder and Miss Jinnah with Fatima Begum, Geti Ara and Begum G A Khan


MA Jinnah with A K Fazlul Haq


 






MA Jinnah at Risalpur


MA Jinnah with Mahatma Gandhi


MA Jinnah with Mahatma Gandhi


Mr Jinnah with Field Marshal Auchinleck and Admiral Jefford


Mr Jinnah with the Muslim League Women's Guard


Mr. Jinnah First and Last Birthday in Paksitan (25 Dec, 1947)


Nawab Bahadur Yar Jang with a not so happy Founder

Nawab Mamdot welcoming the Founder, Lahore March 1940


Portrait by Shaikh Ahmed - the only painter for whom the Founder sat

Quaid visiting PAF base Risalpur 1947

The Founder with the Khan of Kalat


The Founder with Maulana Zafar Ali Khan in Badshahi Mosque

 

The Founder relaxing in Kashmir

The Founder listening to Law Minister Joginder Nath Mandal

 

Somewhat younger Mr Jinnah & Fatima with friends in Bombay

The Founder addresses the Muslim League Session, Allahabad 1942

Shared Aversion for Gandhi - Subhas Chandra Bose with Mr Jinnah

Quaid with Ayub Khan

The British bow out of Pakistan

The Khaksars present a salute to the Founder

The Jinnah Memorial Mosque, Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago

The Founder, with his right hand Liaquat Ali, arriving for the adoption of the Pakistan Resolution,1940

The Promised Land PAKISTAN

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