Rare Pictures of Quaid-e-Azam.

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The Quaid and Mohtarma Fatima Jinnah on holiday at Cairo, Egypt- November 1946

 

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One of rare pic of Quaid-e-Azam, presentation of Colours to 2nd Battalion, 15th Punjab Regiment, by Mohammad Ali Jinnah, April 1948
Courtesy : National Army Museum

 

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Quaid e Azam M.A. Jinnah in Shimla in 1940's

 

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August 14, 1947: Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah reaching Sindh Assembly Hall a long with Lord Mountbatten for the Oath Ceremony of Governor General of Pakistan.

 

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1948

 

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12 April 1948 - Visit of the Quaid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah to Islamia College Peshawar.

L to R : Colonel Ahmad Khan Sahibzada (Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Islamia College at the time), Mohtarma Fatima Jinnah, The Quaid and Sir Ambrose Dundas, Governor NWFP at the time.

 

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Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah with the students of Aligarh Muslim University on March 12, 1941.

The Quaid-i-Azam was fond of students. He loved them immensely. He always exhorted them to study hard. “Without education”, he said, “all is darkness. Seek the light of Education”. In particular, he was most attached to the Aligarh Muslim students. He used to visit the Aligarh University as often as he could. In fact, in his will, he left the entire residue of his property worth crores of rupees to be shared by the Aligarh University, Sind Madressah and Islamia College, Peshawar.

On one occasion at Aligarh after a hard day’s work of meeting people, addressing the students as he was sitting in a relaxed mood, he was told that one student, Mohammad Noman, was a very fine artist of mimicry. He could impersonate and talk or make a speech with all the mannerism of his subject. Quaid-i-Azam was told that this student could impersonate him to such a degree that if heard with closed eyes, Quaid-i-Azam will think that it was he himself who was speaking and he will think as if he himself was talking to Quaid-i-Azam.

Quaid-i-Azam sent for the student at once. The student asked for 10 minutes’ time to prepare himself. After 10 minutes the student turned up dressed in dark gray Sherwani, a Jinnah cap and a monocle, like Quaid-i-Azam. Of course, he could not look like Quaid-i-Azam, but the appearance on the whole was somewhat similar.

Then the student put on his monocle and addressed an imaginary audience. The voice, the words, the gestures, the look on his face and everything appeared like Quaid-i-Azam. In fact, if he had spoken behind a screen without being seen, the audience would have taken him to be Quaid-i-Azam speaking himself. Quaid-i-Azam was very much pleased with the performance. But when it was finished, the culmination came unexpectedly. Quaid-i-Azam took off his own cap and monocle and presented to the student, saying: “Now this will make it absolutely authentic.”

 

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1944 : Quaid e Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah and Miss Fatima Jinnah with Sheikh Abdullah (sitting 3rd from Right on Chairs) and others (Kashmiri alumni of Aligarh University) in Srinagar - Kashmir

 

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