Muhammad Ali Jinnah (12/25/1876–9/11/1948) was a barrister, politician and the founder of Pakistan. Jinnah served as the leader of the All-India Muslim League from 1913 until the inception of Pakistan on 14 Aug 1947, and then as the Dominion of
Pakistan's first governor-general until his death. He is revered in Pakistan as the "Great Leader" and "Father of the Nation". His birthday is observed as a national holiday in Pakistan.

Born at Wazir Mansion in Karachi, Jinnah was trained as a barrister at Lincoln's Inn in London, England. Upon his return to India, he enrolled at the Bombay High Court, and took an interest in national politics, which eventually replaced his legal
practice. Jinnah rose to prominence in the Indian National Congress in the first two decades of the 20th c. In these early years of his political career, Jinnah advocated Hindu–Muslim unity, helping to shape the 1916 Lucknow Pact between the Congress
and the All-India Muslim League, in which Jinnah had also become prominent. Jinnah became a key leader in the All-India Home Rule League, and proposed a 14-point constitutional reform plan to safeguard the political rights of Muslims in the Indian
subcontinent. In 1920, however, Jinnah resigned from the Congress when it agreed to follow a campaign of satyagraha, which he regarded as political anarchy.

By 1940, Jinnah had come to believe that the Muslims of the subcontinent should have their own state to avoid the possible marginalized status they may gain in an independent Hindu–Muslim state. In that year, the Muslim League, led by Jinnah, passed
the Lahore Resolution, demanding a separate nation for Indian Muslims. During WWII, the League gained strength while leaders of the Congress were imprisoned, and in the provincial elections held shortly after the war, it won most of the seats reserved
for Muslims. Ultimately, the Congress and the Muslim League could not reach a power-sharing formula that would allow the entirety of British India to be united as a single state following independence, leading all parties to agree instead to the
independence of a predominantly Hindu India, and for a Muslim-majority state of Pakistan.

As the first Governor-General of Pakistan, Jinnah worked to establish the new nation's government and policies, and to aid the millions of Muslim migrants who had emigrated from neighboring India to Pakistan after the two states' independence, personally
supervising the establishment of refugee camps. Jinnah died at age 71 in 1948, just over a year after Pakistan gained independence from the U.K. He left a deep and respected legacy in Pakistan. Innumerable streets, roads and localities in the world are
named after Jinnah. Several universities and public buildings in Pakistan bear Jinnah's name. According to his biographer, Stanley Wolpert, Jinnah remains Pakistan's greatest leader.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_Ali_Jinnah

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