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He was born on 25 December 1876
in Karachi as "Mahomedali Jinnabhai" to Jinnabhai Pooja and
Mithibai. He went to England in 1893 and enrolled with Lincoln's
Inn. He was called to the Bar in 1896 and on his return to India
he enrolled as Barrister in Bombay High Court on 24 August 1896 and
initially stayed at Apollo Railway Hotel at Charni Road. Jinnah
was tall, fashionable, crafty and persuasive Advocate.
Immediately after arrest of B.G. Tilak in the Second Sedition
trial in
1908, Tilak briefed Jinnah for obtaining bail. In the Third Sedition
trial of Tilak in 1916, Jinnah successfully defended him and got
acquittal. He simultaneously pursued political career and after
partition in 1947 became Quaid-e-Azam of Pakistan and died on 11
September 1948.
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