Commemorating the founder of the nation, notable leader and Pakistan’s 1st Governor General, Mohammad Ali Jinnah on his 140th Birth Anniversary. He was born on December 25, 1876 and died on September 11, 1948.

Jinnah addresses the Muslim League session at Patna, 1938:

Jinnah (front, left) with the Working Committee of the Muslim League after a meeting in Lucknow, October 1937:

Jinnah and Gandhi arguing in 1939:

The leaders of the Muslim League, 1940. Jinnah is seated at centre:

Jinnah makes a speech in New Delhi, 1943:

Jinnah with Mahatma Ganhi in Bombay, 1944:

Nehru (left) and Jinnah walk together at Simla, 1946:

Lord Louis Mountbatten and his wife Edwina Mountbatten with Jinnah in 1947:

Jinnah announcing the creation of Pakistan over All India Radio on June 3, 1947

Jinnah speaking at the Constituent Assembly of Pakistan on 14 August 1947:

Jinnah spent many of the last days of his life at Quaid-e-Azam Residency, Ziarat, Pakistan:

Special services and prayers were held in the Kwitang mosque of Jakarta (Indonesia) after the death of Jinnah: