Jinnah, a power point presentation

1. M.A. Jinnah
And
The Origin of Pakistan
Presented By:
Mr. Kartick Ch. Barman
Assistant Professor
Dept. of History
Krishna Chandra College

2. Early Life of Jinnah
• M.A. Jinnah: The most Enigmatic and
Paradoxical Figure in Indian History
• Birth Place & Family Background
– 25th December, (1876) Karachi
– Khoja Muslim Family
• Education
– Early Education in Karachi and Mumbai
– 1892: Went to England (Bristol)
– 1896: Became Barrister
– Developed Aristocratic Temperament

3. Life Style and Nature of Jinnah
• An Intellectual Man
• Cool Temperament
• As a Muslim Rarely Went
to Mosque
• Never Addressed the
Muslims in Urdu
• Little Interest in Religion

4. Married Life of Jinnah
• Unhappy Married Life
• First Wife Amaibai Died when
he was in England
• Never Got along with his
Second Wife Ruttie Pettie
– Divorce and death of his ex-wife
at a young age
• Unhappy Married Life Led to
Developed a Bitter Personality
in Jinnah

5. Political Career of Jinnah
• 1906: Started Political Career as a Liberal Congress
Leader
• 1906-1920: A great Congress Leader and Fire-band
Nationalist
• 1913: Drafted a New Constitution of Muslim League
with a Secular Ideal of Congress
• 1916: By Lucknow Pact United Congress & League
• 1919: Showed Anger against the Rawlatt Act
• No Sympathy for Aligarh Movement and Khilafat
Movement

6. Isolation from Congress Leadership
• 1920-1928: Jinnah Exiled from
Active Politics
• Gandhi’s Emergence & Non-cooperation
Movement
• 1931: Death of Maulana
Mohammed Ali
– Jinnah Took Over Muslim Leadership
• Jinnah Emerged as the “Qaid-
Azam” (The Great Organizer)

7. Communalist Jinnah
• 1927-1930: Failure of Simon Commission
• 1930-1932: Failure of Round Table
Conference in London
• 1932: Communal Award of the British Govt.
• 1934: Jinnah became a Communalist Leader
• 1937: Contested Provincial Legislative
Council Election
– Out of 485 seats Muslim League got 110
• Muslim League was Denied Coalition
Ministry

8. Demand of Jinnah for Separate State
• Jinnah Dubbed Congress “A Hindu
Organization”
• Emerged as the Sole Spokesman for all
Muslim Communities
• Consistent Propaganda against Congress
• Muslim League Observed a Day of
Deliverance and Thanksgiving
• 1940: Lahore Congress  Demand for
Separate State
• Greatest Advocate of Two Nation Theory
– “Leke Rahenge Pakistan” (We’ll Must Win
Pakistan)
• 1945: Cabinet Mission Triggered
Communal Riots

9. Mountbatten Plan
• End of Second World War
– Attle Announced Transfer of Power to India by
1948
• March 1947: Mountbatten Appointed New
Viceroy of India
• Talks with M.A. Jinnah, J.L. Nehru and other
Leaders

10. Division of United India
• Jinnah Strategically Compelled Congress to
Agree for a Separate State of Muslims
• Mountbatten Accepted the Demand for the
Partition of India

11. Thank You…