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Muhammad Ali Jinnah

The Ambassador Of Unity, Until He Was Not · Barrister & Founder of Pakistan · 1876–1948

The barrister called the ambassador of Hindu–Muslim unity in 1916, who left Congress over non-cooperation, moved the Lahore Resolution in 1940, and became Pakistan's first Governor-General.

Defend these ideas against Jinnah

Incandio is a free revision platform for the Pearson Edexcel International GCSE, and on it a topic counts as mastered only once you have learned it, proved it in questions, taught it back and defended it against the person with the strongest claim on it. Muhammad Ali Jinnah is that person for 4 topics on the course:

• The role of Jinnah — History · Colonial rule and the nationalist challenge in India, 1919–47
• The Government of India Act (1935) and the 1937 elections — History · Colonial rule and the nationalist challenge in India, 1919–47
• The Lahore Resolution (1940) — History · Colonial rule and the nationalist challenge in India, 1919–47
• Simla, the Labour government and the Cabinet Mission — History · Colonial rule and the nationalist challenge in India, 1919–47

Who was Jinnah?

Born in Karachi in 1876 and called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn at nineteen, Jinnah was for twenty years the most prominent constitutional nationalist in India. He negotiated the Lucknow Pact of 1916 between Congress and the Muslim League and was called the ambassador of Hindu–Muslim unity. He left Congress in 1920 over non-cooperation, which he regarded as an appeal to the street in place of an argument. He put his fourteen points in 1929 and was ignored. After the 1937 elections, when Congress governed alone in seven provinces and declined coalition, he rebuilt the Muslim League and moved the Lahore Resolution in March 1940 — which does not use the word Pakistan. He accepted the Cabinet Mission Plan in June 1946 and withdrew from it in July after Nehru's Bombay press conference. He became Governor-General of Pakistan in August 1947 and died thirteen months later.

Major achievements

• Negotiated the Lucknow Pact of 1916 between Congress and the Muslim League
• Rebuilt the Muslim League after 1937 into a mass organisation within five years
• Moved the Lahore Resolution of 23 March 1940
• Founded a state and became its first Governor-General

Life in brief

• 1876 — Born in Karachi: Called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn at nineteen.
• 1916 — The Lucknow Pact: Called the ambassador of Hindu–Muslim unity.
• 1920 — Leaves Congress: Over non-cooperation and the politics of the street.
• 1937 — The provincial elections: Congress governs alone in seven provinces and declines coalition.
• 1940 — The Lahore Resolution: Moved on 23 March; it does not use the word Pakistan.
• 1946 — The Cabinet Mission: Accepted in June, withdrawn from in July.

Explore the life of Jinnah — five chapters

1. Lincoln's Inn — A merchant's son called to the bar at twenty
2. The Ambassador of Unity — Lucknow, 1916, and a pact nobody else could have made
3. The Break With Gandhi — A constitutionalist against a mass movement
4. Lahore, 1940 — From safeguards to a state
5. Thirteen Months — A state, a speech, and a diagnosis nobody was told

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