Jaswant Singh on Founder and Father of Pakistan ( Quaid-e-Azam ) Part2

Jaswant Singh, a well-renowned ex-Minister for Defence, Finance and External Affairs of India, who laboriously researched for the past 5 years on the said topic, has finally released a biography on the Founder and Father of Pakistan: "Jinnah: India-Partition-Independence". This is the first book written by an Indian politician on the life of Quaid-e-Azam ("the Great Leader"/"Supreme Leader") Muhammad Ali Jinnah.

The purpose of the book was to objectively study the man behind the creation of Pakistan. Jaswant Singh was forced to conclude that the founding father of Pakistan was "a great man", "man of attractive personality", "self-made man" and hailed him as "The Great Leader". L. K. Advani, an ex-Prime Minister of India whilst visiting the mouslem of Jinnah in Karachi, was rich of praises for the Quaid and described him as a secular leader. Mahatma Gandhi himself hailed Quaid-e-Azam as "a great Indian" and was the sole spokesman of the South Asian Muslims of pre-Pakistan.

Jinnah was Born on December 25, 1876 in Karachi, British India and died on September 11, 1948 in Karachi, Pakistan. Unlike Nehru and Gandhi, Jinnah was not born into wealth and Jinnah used to walk to work out of poverty, yet he relentlessly fought and through dedication carved out a place for himself:

Few individuals significantly alter the course of history. Fewer still modify the map of the world. Hardly anyone can be credited with creating a nation-state. Muhammad Ali Jinnah did all three. - Stanley Wolpert (a historian)

An Iranian stamp commemorating the centenary of Mohammad Ali Jinnah, printed in 1976.
In Pakistan, Jinnah is honoured with the official title Quaid-i-Azam, and he is depicted on all Pakistani rupee notes of denominations five and higher, and is the namesake of many Pakistani public institutions. The former Quaid-i-Azam International Airport, now called the Jinnah International Airport, in Karachi is Pakistan's busiest. One of the largest streets in the Turkish capital Ankara — Cinnah Caddesi —is named after him. In Iran, one of the capital Tehran's most important new highways is also named after him, while the government released a stamp commemorating the centennial of Jinnah's birthday. In Chicago, a portion of Devon Avenue was named as "Mohammed Ali Jinnah Way". A statue of Muhammed Ali Jinnah was erected at York University. The Mazar-e-Quaid, Jinnah's mausoleum, is among Karachi's most imposing buildings.

*** Sorry for the delay in posting this rather old video - I was busy - I will be more prompt from now on ***

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[apnajeddah]

great leader quaid-e-azam MOHAMMED ali jinnah we never sceen like that person we salaam u jinnah...and juswant u do good...

[zee757]

But were the 14 points a political tactic- can't you argue that Jinnah did not want Pakistan and was only using the two nation theory as a bargaining tool with the centre congress... The congress won the 1937 elections in muslim areas and this the AIML was sidelined.. the ML needed something to bargain with and a two nation theory was that tool- Jinnah never wanted a Pakistan- He was after all married to a Parsi- then his daughter married a Parsi- Jinnah wanted a Pakistan that had all religions!

[synergy9000]

when advani visited Mohammad Ali Jinnah in 2005 one can see lot of Tribute for Jinnah in Advani eyes

[aftabo3]

Muhammad Ali Jinnah never wanted a secular state who so ever thinks that should go through Qaid-e-Azam's 14 points 2 nation theory.

[desicanadiano]

i don't know if you've had a chance to read the book. But jaswant singh praised jinnah's personality but not his politics. He called him secular but his politics and especially his 'two nation' theory communal.