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Emibai Jinnah (1878–1893) was the first wife of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founding father of Pakistan, from 1892 until her death in 1893. Life and background. Emibai was born in 1878 in Paneli Moti, a village in Rajkot district of Gujarat, during the time of British India.
Dec 26, 2021 · Mithibai belonged to a respectable Ismaili Khoja family that lived in the village of Dhaffa in the Kathiawar region of India’s west coast. In 1874, Mithibai was married to Jinnabhai, a struggling...
At the time of their marriage, Jinnah was only 16 and Emibai was 14. The marriage was arranged by his mother because she feared that when Jinnah went to England, he might end up marrying an English girl.
Mar 12, 2024 · In the grand narrative of Pakistan’s formation, Emibai Jinnah’s existence is a quietly poignant subplot, often overlooked amidst the political saga of her husband, Muhammad Ali Jinnah.
Dec 26, 2009 · In his youth, Mohammad Ali Jinnah was married to a distant cousin named Emibai from Paneli village in Gujarat at his mother's urging. At the time of their marriage, Jinnah was only 16 and...
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 Dominion of Pakistan's first governor-general until his death.
Jun 28, 2015 · Like many Indians, Jinnah had been married young to someone of his parents' choosing, a 14-year-old Gujarati village girl named Emibai. A year later she had died while he was away studying in London.
Muhammad Ali Jinnah 1876–1948. Fatima Jinnah said the wedding took place in Paneli Gondal in Gujarat. Then Jinnah took off for England for his studies. Evidence on Emibai is so hazy that you have to look up the book Ruttie Jinnah by Khwaja Razi Haider (Oxford University Press, 2010) to know that she may have died in Bombay when Jinnah was ...
Emibai Jinnah (1878 – 1893) was the first wife of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founding father of Pakistan, from 1892 until her death in 1893. Early life and background. Emibai was born in 1878 in Paneli, Bombay Presidency. She was a Gujarati Khoja of Nizari Isma'ili Shi’a Muslim background. Marriage and death. See also: Jinnah family.
Poonja Gokuldas Meghji (Born in Paneli Moti). 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.
