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Jinnah

American

[jin-uh] / ˈdʒɪn ə /

noun

Mohammed Ali Quaid-i-Azam, 1876–1948, Muslim leader in India: first governor general of Pakistan 1947–48.

Jinnah British

/ ˈdʒɪnə /

noun

Mohammed Ali 1876–1948, Indian Muslim statesman. He campaigned for the partition of India into separate Hindu and Muslim states, becoming first governor general of Pakistan (1947–48)

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"But media teams deputed inside Jinnah Convention Centre do not know what's happening outside."

From Barron's • Apr. 11, 2026

The nizam juggled between his obligations to the colonial raj and to India’s rising pro-independence leaders Jawaharlal Nehru and Muhammad Ali Jinnah.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026

Jinnah defended Anandrao Gangaram Phanse, one of the accused and a top general with the Indore army.

From BBC • Jan. 11, 2025

“Federally funded research is a very good idea—and the only way this work ideally should be funded,” says Sikina Jinnah, who studies geoengineering governance at the University of California, Santa Cruz.

From Science Magazine • Feb. 13, 2023

I turned over the words like puzzle pieces in my head, wondering how they were supposed to fit together: Pakistan, Jinnah, independence, Nehru, India, British, Lord Mountbatten, Gandhi, partition.

From "The Night Diary" by Veera Hiranandani

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