biography
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Jinnah, Muhammad Ali
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pronunciation:
[jina]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1876–1948)
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| biography:
| Muslim politician and founder of Pakistan, born in Karachi, SE Pakistan (formerly India). He studied in Bombay and London, was called to the bar in 1897, and practised in Bombay. He became a member of the Indian National Congress (1906) and the Muslim League (1913), and supported Hindu–Muslim unity until 1930, when he resigned from the Congress in opposition to Gandhi's policy of civil disobedience. His advocacy of a separate state for Muslims led to the creation of Pakistan in 1947, and he became its first governor-general. |
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