1946.. Look at the style :k: No one after him has such a style amongst Pakistani rulers. They were mostly manhoos vultures
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Enjoying a Movement in Kashmir.
Mr. Jinnah visited Kashmir for the first time in 1926. There was absolutely no political awakening in the State at that time. Practical parties could not be formed nor could political meetings be held. In fact when some noted Kashmiris dared to submit a memorandum to the Viceroy of India (Governor General) requesting him to advise the government to redress the grievances of the Kashmiri Muslims in the educational and economic sphere, the signatories to the memorandum were victimized. Some of them were externed from the states, others were deprived of their jagirs and some were warned of drastic actions. But when soon after the meeting of the All India Muslim League Working Committee was held in Lahore, at the behest of Mr. Jinnah, a resolution was passed unanimously, drawing the attention of the Maharajah’s Government towards the educational and economic backwardness of the Muslims of Kashmir; it was demanded that Muslims be given a better deal by the administration.** This was in 1926, when there was hardly any political awakening in Jammu and Kashmir. But the Muslim League, headed by Mr. Jinnah, even then tried to help the Muslims to Kashmir.** (strange that Nehru himself was from Kashmir)
Mr. Jinnah’s second visit to Kashmir took place in 1936. The Muslim Conference, with Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah and Chaudhry Ghulam Abbas as its leaders, had come into existence in October 1932, as a result of the upheaval of 1931. The party was just four years old at that time, but Abdullah had started coming under the influence of the Indian National Congress. Contact had been established by him and Prem Nath Bazaz with the leaders of the Congress and it was their wishful thinking that if the political party of Kashmir were “secularized” the Hindu Government would consider giving the right of freedom and responsible government to Kashmir on the recommendation of the Indian National Congress. This was a pious wish, never materialised. Thus when the address of welcome were presented to the Quaid-i-Azam in a reception in his honour at the Mujahid Manzil, the headquarter of the Muslim Conference, there was talk of Hindu-Muslim unity in it. Mr. Jinnah, in his reply, said that it was a good thing that minorities of Kashmir, being non-Muslims, were assured by the majority party of protection and consideration, but he noted that in British India, the minorities, including Muslims of India, could not get any such assurance from the majority part.8 The Muslims and its Quaid were not satisfied with the attitude of the Hindu Congress, which called itself Indian National Congress but was in fact a Hindu body, trying to further the interests of the upper classes of the Hindu at the cost of the rest of the population of India, particularly the Muslims of India.9
Quaid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah and Kashmir |Quaid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah
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With Subhaash Chandra Bose. (Down to earth Bengali with natty Sindhi)
An ICS officer from Bengal, S C Bose (1897-1945) resigned from service and was twice elected president of the Congress but had to quit due to ideological differences with Gandhi and Nehru. He later became President of the Indian National Army during World War II. He travelled to Germany but disillusioned with Hitler, he moved to Japan and fought for the independence of India from British rule. Here he is seen in a meeting with Mr Jinnah. Bose commonly known as Netaji in India is believed to have died in an air crash on 18 August 1945 over Taiwan but his death is shrouded in mystery. He may have died as a Russian PoW in Siberia.
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with Liaquat Ali Khan (somewhere in England)
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Yes a lot of time. I got a picture of both the leaders. let me share
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^ ok...sure...looking forward to seeing them. :)
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1939: Mr Jinnah holding car’s door for Mahatma Gandhi…
M. K. Gandhi enters his car with Muhammad Ali Jinnah, enroute to the Viceroy’s Palace in Dehli. They conferred with the viceroy regarding India’s demand for dominion status in return for support of Britain’s War against Germany.
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Having breakfast with Miss Jinnah
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Something interesting by Manto on Quaid e Azam**
What could be an explanation for this other than that, psychologically, although Late Jinnah was physically very weak but extremely strong from inside, he did not want to associate himself that was weak and feeble. When a person really likes something, he takes care of it real well. Quaid-e-Azam made sure all his well-built servants dressed very well. His Pathan chowkidar was ordered to dress his ethnic dress. Azad was not a Punjabi, but was at times asked to wear a Punjabi turban. This headgear is quite impressive and one looks very impressive in it. Quaid-e-Azam seemed very pleased by it and used to award Azad whenever he put one on. If one thinks about it, Jinnah being so conscious of his own frail body was his very strength of his strong and powerful life. That was evident in the way he walked, talked, ate, and thought.
Mohammad Hanif Azad told me that Quaid-e-Azam ate very little. “He ate so little I wondered how he is alive. If I were forced to eat that little my fat would’ve started to melt the next day. Despite him eating so little, four or five chickens were cooked every day. But he used to eat only a very small cup of a chick’s soup. Fruits were delivered everyday, and lots of it; but all of it used to wind up in the servants’ bellies. Every night after the dinner, the Sahib would check the list of grocery and give me a one-hundred-rupee bill for the next day’s dinner.”
“One hundred rupees everyday?” I asked Azad. “Yes, sir, exactly one hundred rupees. And the Sahib never asked what happened to it. Whatever remained of it got divided among the servants. Sometimes thirty rupees remained, sometimes forty, and sometimes even sixty or seventy. He must have known that we kept the remainder, but he never asked for it. However, Miss Jinnah was very clever. She used to get mad at us and say we all are thieves. But the way the Sahib treated us we used to think of his things as our own. So we kept quiet when she would lose her temper at us. At times like that the Sahib would say to her sister, ‘It is all right, it is all right,’ and that would be the end of it. But once “It is all right” did not end it. Miss Jinnah kicked the cooks out, not one but both cooks. Quaid-e-Azam had two cooks at the same time, one was an expert in Hindustani food and the other in English food. Usually the Hindustani cook was a waste and did not do anything. He got to cook maybe once in months. Once in a blue moon he would get an order to cook, but Quaid-e-Azam did not really care about that food. “When both cooks got kicked out,” said Azad, “the Sahib did not say anything. He did not interfere in his sister’s affairs. So he started eating out in restaurants. During this time we had a ball.
Mera Sahib – Saadat Hassan Manto’s Classic | Pak Tea House
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besides his car
Jinnah driver dies, with a wish unfulfilled
Syed Shah Abdul Hye, one-time chauffeur of Mohammed Ali Jinnah, died at the age of 90s in his Karnataka residence Feb, 2005 with a wish unfulfilled.
The lungi-clad man in his 90s still had a quick mind and was in complete possession of his senses. Though he stutters a bit, he was completely coherent and his memory is infallible, when interviewed last time. Age and health have reduced mobility but there is nothing to suggest that 93-year-old Syed Shah Abdul Hye in his bungalow in the seaside town of Udupi (in the Indian state of Karnataka) has forgotten his past.
Hye was chauffeur to the founder of Pakistan, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, from 1936 to 1940 and was witness to Jinnah’s meteoric rise in the popular imagination.
Hye was originally hired by Jinnah when the statesman lived at “South Court” on Mount Pleasant Road in Bombay.
Hye first demanded a salary of 80 rupees but was turned away by Jinnah’s sister, Fatima, who felt the amount was excessive. Hye had brought all his certificates and medals to show his prospective employer and when he failed to get the job, he forgot to collect them. Jinnah, who later looked closely at all of them, found his own signature on one document presented to Hye some years ago at a school sports day. That decided the matter and Hye was summoned and given the job on his own terms.
Though Hye worked for Jinnah for only four years, he did a number of jobs: personal assistant, driver, accountant and clerk. Jinnah later paid for Hye to be trained as a motor launch driver, which resulted in his moving to Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and Britain. Now leading a quiet life in the beautiful town of Udipi, he reminisced to Arab News. Following are excerpts from the interview:
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Q: What kind of cars did Jinnah have?**
A: Jinnah had five expensive cars — Chevrolet, Packard, Lassale, Graham Page and Sunbeam. The Lassale was a gift from the Nawab of Jamnagar and the Packard from the Nizam of Hyderabad.
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Q: What about Jinnah personally?**
A: He was a perfect gentleman. I was not merely a driver; I also served as a receptionist, a phone operator and a clerk. The only ones with direct access to Jinnah were his personal assistant, Mubeenul Islam of Meerut, and I. Any others among the 20 household staff had to deal with Fatima. Jinnah always smoked and always wore a suit, boots and tie; his suits were made in Bombay by Laffan Tailors.
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Q: What was Jinnah’s preferred language?**
A: Invariably English. He did, however, speak Urdu if the occasion arose but he had a “Bombaiya” accent.
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Q: What about Jinnah and the affairs of the Muslim League?**
A: Till 1940, Jinnah never had a Muslim League flag on his car. Some supporter put a flag on his car at a rally and he demanded an explanation from me. Since it had been done without my knowledge or consent, we removed it. He roared, “Until we get Pakistan, we will not fix a flag to my car.”
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Q: Who were the friends he saw most frequently?**
A: The Raja of Mahmudabad, Bahadur Yar Jung, Nawab Ismail Khan, Liyaquat Ali Khan and Abdur Rab Nashtar. Maulana Shaukat Ali also came several times. Twice during this period, Gandhi visited Jinnah and they had closed-door meetings in the house.
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Q: How did Jinnah and his sister Fatima get along with one other?**
A: Fatima was deeply involved in her brother’s personal affairs and this involvement sometimes bordered on interference. She was a dental surgeon and had a clinic in Bombay but she had a mercurial temperament. No servant could last more than four months. I went on a fortnight’s leave in 1938 but overstayed my leave by a day or two. She ordered my dismissal but Jinnah found out and reinstated me. Fatima would often ask me to park in “No Parking Zones” thereby subjecting me to police anger.
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Q: How would you analyze Jinnah’s personal relationships?**
A: He was a very balanced person and was always very plainspoken. He tolerated nothing that was illegal or against the law. He had 20 servants, both Hindu and Muslim, and never discriminated between them on the basis of religion. He was a stickler for punctuality. I have several of his letters from Simla and Delhi and they all show his clear-headedness. He was interested in modern education, the scientific temperament and skills. He paid the fees for me to learn English at Malabar Hill Night School. Later when I wanted to get into a ferry driving school, he allowed me to leave his employment and paid for my course in motor launch driving. I owe a great debt to Muhammad Ali Jinnah. Because of his help, I got jobs in Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and London.
In an interview with newspaper Indian Express in August 2003, Hye had expressed a desire to meet Jinnah’s daughter Dina and grandson Nusli Wadia, the chairman of Bombay Dyeing. ‘‘When I went to meet my daughters in the US, I tried to meet Dina, but she had isolated herself from the world. I wrote many letters to Nusli Wadia also, but never got a reply,’’ he had said. Hye worked with ‘Bhai’ (Jinnah) from around 1936 to 1940. In the 2003 interview, Hye recalled the elections to provincial assemblies when someone put the League flag on Jinnah’s car. Jinnah blew his top and told Hye: ‘‘Until I build Pakistan, I don’t want any flag on my car’’.
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wow thts great, thnkx for sharing muqawwee :k:
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Happy Moments with Miss Fatima Jinnah
Miss Fatima Jinnah, against all odds, courageously stood behind the Great Quaid and shared his life’s trials and tribulations. She proved “the stalwart sister and lifetime companion” who chose not to marry but to consistently serve the Quaid for 28 years until his demise in 1948. Truly, she proved the woman behind the success of Quaid e Azam.
Fatima Jinnah‚ younger sister of Muhammad Ali Jinnah and acknowledged as “founding mother” of Islamic Republic of Pakistan, was a dental surgeon‚ social worker, and stateswoman of highest calibre.
Born in Karachi on 30th July 1893, her illustrious brother became her guardian upon the death of their father in 1901. Young Fatima, despite family opposition, received modern education and in 1902 enrolled at the ivy-league Bandra Convent, North Bombay.
In 1919, she enrolled at University of Calcutta’s internationally-acclaimed Dr. Ahmad Dental College. After qualifying as a Dental Surgeon in 1923‚ Miss Fatima Jinnah went along with her ambition of opening a dental clinic in Bombay’s posh Malabar Hills.
Upon the untimely demise of Quaid’s wife Ratanbai Jinnah in February 1929, Miss Fatima Jinnah closed her lucrative dental practise, moved with Quaid e Azam and diligently took charge of his house. Thus began a life-long companionship that lasted till the Quaid’s last breath on 11th September, 1948.
**Miss Fatima Jinnah lived with her brother for over 28 years, including the last 20 crucial years of his life. The Quaid would routinely discuss multi-faceted problems and issues with her, mostly at the breakfast table. From his wardrobe to managing the kitchen to scheduling his travel and meetings, Miss Fatima Jinnah provided “extra-ordinary support to the great Quaid”. She not only lived with her brother but accompanied him on most domestic and international tours.
Paying tribute to her sister, the Quaid confessed, “My sister was like a bright ray of light and hope whenever I came back home and met her. Anxieties would have been much greater and my health much worse, but for the restraint imposed by her”.**
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He had a wonderful sense of style.
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At least he is smiling, have you seen that portrait of Winston Churchil where his British arrogance is visible, I love that image of his, and the one that my hubby has David Ben-Gurion and Star of David behind him :)
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At least he is smiling, have you seen that portrait of Winston Churchil where his British arrogance is visible, I love that image of his, and the one that my hubby has David Ben-Gurion and Star of David behind him :)
Churchill was so rude in calling names to Indian including his nasty comments about Mahatma Gandhi and he saw incompetent Indians getting Independence from them
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And surely we proved Churchill right :D, In my village in Patiala, there is bridge standing with a gaurentee of 150 years made in 1853. I am sure the incompetent Indians cannot make a bridge that can stand properly for 15 years without maintenance. Whatever Churchill said, we proved him right :D
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But we also proved them wrong… Now their Queen can’t brag ‘the sun don’t set on my empire’ 
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But they left SriLanka and Singapore much later, It is good Kohinoor is with her, otherwise uska bhi partition karna padta :D, and it would have been another point of dispute between India and Pakistan 
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They did it through another ‘K’. 
Serving their purpose and revenge very well.
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Other K is personally disturbing, if pakistan had it, I would have convinced myself that it is with Pakistan like Lyalpur, but it is just there, and all I can make is quick raids there and scare people who live in house that is my official sasural :(. I wish to meet those intellectuals who thought that partition can be peaceful, yahan ghar ke batware mein toh goliyan chal jaati hai, desh ke batware mein jo hoga woh sabko pata tha, and still we dealt it with so incompetitiveness 