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Jinnahbhai Poonja (1857 – 15 April 1902) was a prosperous Khoja Gujarati merchant in British India, who was founder and chairman of Jinnahbhai & Co. and Graham's Shipping and Trading Company. He was the father of the founders of Pakistan, Muhammad Ali Jinnah and Fatima Jinnah, alongside 5 other children.
Jinnahbhai Poonja (also referred to as Jina Poonja), a Khoja (1857–1902), was married to Mithhibai. He was a prosperous merchant. He moved to Karachi before Muhammad Ali Jinnah's birth.
Jinnahbhai Poonja was a prosperous Gujarati merchant, in the weaving business. He moved to Karachi from Kathiawar, because of his business partnership with Graham's Shipping and Trading Company, whose regional office was set up in Karachi.
Muhammad Ali Jinnah (born Mahomedali Jinnahbhai; 25 December 1876 – 11 September 1948) was a barrister, politician, and the founder of Pakistan. Jinnah served as the leader of the All-India Muslim League from 1913 until the inception of Pakistan on 14 August 1947, and then as the Republic of Pakistan 's first governor-general until his death.
Dec 26, 2009 · Jinnah was the eldest among seven siblings born to Mithibai and Jinnahbhai Poonja. He had six siblings brothers Ahmad Ali, Bunde Ali and Rahmat Ali, and sisters Maryam, Fatima and...
Apr 13, 2010 · Jinnah’s father Jinnahbhai Poonja (born 1850) was the youngest of three sons. He married a girl Mithibai with the consent of his parents and moved to the growing port of Karachi. There, the young couple rented an apartment on the second floor of a three-storey house, Wazir Mansion.
Apr 2, 2014 · Jinnah’s father, Jinnahbhai Poonja, was a merchant and exporter of cotton, wool, grain and range of other goods. As a whole, the family belonged to the Khoja Muslim sect. When Jinnah...
Quaid-i-Azam (Great Leader) and Baba-i-Qaum (Father of the Nation). Mithibai Jinnah (Born in Dhaffa). Jinnahbhai Poonja (Born in 1857 Paneli Moti). This picture was taken at wedding reception of Yusuf Chinoy and Zarina Rahimtoola sometime early second half of the 1930s in Bombay.
As a result he was considered the rising star of Congress. But clever Jinnah, a Musla in Parsi language, had wooed at age of 38 a Parsi girl of 16, which was neither liked by her father nor by the influential Parsi community. The couple's only child, daughter Dina, was born on 15 August 1919.
Mar 12, 2024 · Poonja Jinnah, a name that resonates with historical significance, played a pivotal role in shaping the destiny of Pakistan. As the sister of the founder of the nation, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Poonja Jinnah’s life was marked by dedication to education, public service, and the advancement of women’s rights.
