Jinnah was the first of seven children born to a successful businessman, Jinnah Bhai Punja and his wife Mithi Bai. His family were Hindus of the Khoja class who had converted to Islam centuries ago and were followers of the Aga Khan. There are some questions about Jinnah's birthday: although he states that it was December 25, 1876, the school records in Karachi (Pakistan) give the date as October 20, 1875.
After teaching at home, Jinnah was sent to Sindh Madrasa-ul-Islam (now Sindh Madrasa-ul-Islam University) in Karachi in 1887. He later attended Christian Missionary Society High School (also in Karachi), where he was. 16-year-old passed his matriculation examination at the University of Bombay (now at the University of Mumbai, Mumbai, India). On the advice of an English friend, her father decided to send her to England to get business information. However, Jinnah intended to become a lawyer. Remembering the culture of the day, her parents planned her wedding before moving to England.
In London, he joined Lincoln, one of the legal entities that prepared the students for the contest. In 1895, at the age of 19, he was invited to a bar. In London, Jinnah suffered two major tragedies - the death of his wife and mother. However, he completed his formal education and studied British politics, often visiting the House of Commons. He was impressed by the liberation of William E. Gladstone, who became the fourth Prime Minister in 1892 when Jinnah arrived in London. Jinnah was also very interested in Indian affairs and Indian students. While the Persian leader Dada Bhai Noroji, a prominent Indian nationalist, running for the British Parliament, Jinnah and other Indian students worked for him day and night. His efforts were successful: Norwich became the first Indian to live in the House of Commons.
When Jinnah returned to Karachi in 1896, she realized that her father's business was doomed and had to rely on her own business. He decided to pursue his legal career in Bombay (now Mumbai), but it took years for him to establish one as a lawyer.
Some 10 years later, he turned his attention to politics. A man who did not have a hobby, he divided his interest in law and politics. And he was not religious: he was a devout Muslim and had nothing to do with sectarianism. His interest in women was also limited to Ratan Bai (Rati), daughter of Sir Dansha Pett, a Bombay millionaire man from whom he married in 1918, despite fierce opposition from his parents and others. The couple had a daughter, but the marriage was not happy, and Jinnah and Rati soon separated. It was his sister Fatima who gave him comfort and friendship.
Jinnah first entered politics in 1906 by attending a meeting of the Indian National Congress (Congress Party) in Calcutta (now Kolkata), in which the party began to split among those seeking Dominion status. And advocated for India's independence. Four years later he was elected to the Imperial Legislative Council - the beginning of a long and distinguished parliamentary career. In Bombay, he met the eminent Maratha leader Gopal Krishna Gokhale, among other prominent figures of the Congress party. Impressed by these nationalist politicians, Jinnah expressed his desire to become a "Muslim Gokhale" early in his political life. The definition of British political institutions and the desire to elevate India's status in the international community and to create a sense of Indian nationality in the people of India were important elements of his politics. At the time, he still viewed Muslim interests in the context of Indian nationalism.
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