Jinnah family | |
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Place of origin | Kathiawar, Bombay Presidency, British India[1] (now in Kathiawar, Gujarat India) |
Members | Muhammad Ali Jinnah Fatima Jinnah Emibai Jinnah Rattanbai Jinnah Dina Wadia |
Connected families | Wadia family Petit family |
Distinctions | Political prominence |
Estate(s) | See full list |
The Jinnah family (Urdu: خاندان جناح) was a political family of Pakistan. It has played an important role in the Pakistan Movement for creation of Pakistan, a separate country for Muslims of India. The family held the leadership of All-India Muslim League, and its successor, Muslim League, until it was dissolved in 1958 by martial law.
Members of Jinnah family, Muhammad Ali Jinnah (often referred to simply as Jinnah) and Fatima Jinnah, have been important figures in the history of Pakistan. Jinnah is considered as the founder of Pakistan and served as the first Governor General of Pakistan upon independence, while Fatima played an important role in the struggle for Pakistan Movement and was the founding mother of Pakistan. Several public places, universities, and hospitals in the world have been named after Jinnah and his sister Fatima, and the former's birth and death anniversary are among the public holidays in Pakistan.[2][3]
Jinnah's family history is disputed among various sources.[4] Originally from a Khoja background,[5][6] they moved to Karachi from Kathiawar, Bombay Province in 1875.[7] Jinnah's paternal grandfather was from Paneli Moti village in Gondal state in Kathiawar peninsula (now in Gujarat, India).[8] Jinnah was the eldest of seven children of Jinnahbhai Poonja, a prosperous merchant, and his wife, Mithibai. His family was a member of the Khoja caste, Hindus who had converted to Islam centuries earlier and who were followers of the Aga Khan.[5] Although born to a Khoja (from Khwaja or 'noble') family who were disciples of the Aga Khan, Jinnah moved towards the Sunni sect early in life. There is evidence later, given by his relatives and associates in court, to establish that he was firmly a Sunni Muslim by the end of his life.[9]
Jinnah's family was from Khoja caste, who had converted to Islam from Hinduism centuries earlier and were followers of the Aga Khan.[5]
She had a rift with her father when she expressed her desire to marry a Parsi from her mother's family, Neville Wadia. According to M C Chagla in "Roses in December", Jinnah, a Muslim, disowned his daughter after trying to dissuade her from marrying Neville. Dina Wadia was the only direct living link to Jinnah and the nation of Pakistan claiming her father as its own father of the nation is assumed to have some kind of kinship with her according to Akbar S. Ahmed.[17] His descendants through her are part of the Wadia family and reside in India as she married and stayed in India after the creation of Pakistan in 1947. Dina Wadia lived alone with staff in the New York City, United States.[18][dead link] Wadia died of pneumonia at her home in New York on 1 November 2017 at the age of 98.[19][20][21][unreliable source?]
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