Jinnahbhai Poonja
Gujarati businessman & father of Muhammad Ali Jinnah / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Jinnahbhai Poonja (1857 ā 15 April 1902) was a prosperous Khoja Gujarati merchant in British India, who was also the father of Muhammad Ali Jinnah and Fatima Jinnah, alongside 5 other children. Jinnahbhai moved to Karachi from Gujarat shortly before the birth of his son Muhammad Ali Jinnah.
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Born | 1857 |
Died | April 15, 1902(1902-04-15) (aged 44ā45) |
Nationality | British Indian |
Occupation | Businessman |
Organization(s) | Jinnahbhai & Co. Graham's Shipping and Trading Company |
Spouse | Mitthibhai Jinnah |
Children | 7 |
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Family | Jinnah family |
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Jinnahbhai is the reason that the Jinnah family became more Islamic and abandoned many Hindu traditions. Jinnahbhai gave his children Muslim names instead of Hindu ones, and taught his children the Quran.