Mohammed Ali Jinnah's Roots can be Traced to Hindu Ancestor in Gujarat

The Hindu Origin of MA Jinnah: Founder of Pakistan

Background

Muhammad Ali Jinnah (December 25, 1876 – September 11, 1948) is a well-known political figure of the sub-continent. He considered himself as the leader of all Indian Muslims and never recognized Gandhi more than a Hindu leader. Jinnah was not the rabid communalist that he became later and started his career as a secularist. He was a prominent figure of the Congress party much before Gandhi came back from South Africa.

Unfortunately for Jinnah, the entry of Gandhi into the Congress party resulted in him being marginalized. He was a ambitious man and realized that he had no place in the Congress party. He thus joined the Muslim league. Jinnah realized that the only way he could move forward was to become the leader of Indian Muslims. This led to his transformation as secularist to a communalist. He began to champion the Muslim cause and in 1942 accepted the concept of Iqbal for a separate homeland for the Muslims. With Gandhi having usurped his role as and position as the great leader of the sub-continent. Jinnah realised that the only way he could survive against Gandhi was by becoming the leader of the Muslims..

Gandhi and Jinnah

Hindu roots of Jinnah

The Hindu roots of Jinnah are a fact of life. His grandfather had taken up the profession of a fish trader out of dire necessity as no other profession was open or available for him. The profession of a fish trader did not go down well with his community. His community was the Lohana and they were all vegetarians They did not like that a member of their own community should trade in fish..

The community asked him to give up his profession and a clash became inevitable. The Lohana’s ostracized him from the community. Premji continued with his fish trade and became rich. Once he had the money he gave up trading in fish and petitioned that he be taken back into the community fold. Unfortunately for Premji the elders of the Lohana community refused to accept him back. This was something Premji had not bargained for and he decided to rebel against his community and part ways with them completely. In this way he expected to get his back to them

Conversion to Islam

The rejection of Premji into the fold of the community hurt him badly. He decided the best way to have his own ego satisfied was to visit the Madrasa's, Muslim schools. His son ( Jinnah's father) named Punjalal Thakur was so enraged that he went a step forward and converted to Islam. He also converted his sons to Islam and gave them Muslim names. However he continued to use his old surname Zino or Jinno . In all aspects he became a believing and practicing Muslim.

Punjalal Thakur's eldest son was Mohammed Ali . He was born a Hindu but as his father converted too Islam he also embraced the Muslim faith. Considering the background of Jinnah, it is difficult to imagine that a man who was born a Hindu became so rabid a communal man and engineered anti Hindu riots in the Punjab. It does not gel with the mans character.

Bangladesh currency, earlier East Pakistan

The psychology of Jinnah

One fact that is the absolute truth is that India was a Hindu Rashtra before the advent of the Muslims. After the arrival of the Muslims about 35% of the population converted to Islam, some by inducement and some by the sword. A few lower castes also converted to Islam. All the Hindu who converted became fanatical Muslims. Jinnah was also part of this ilk and he became a rabid communalist. His call for “direct action" in 1946 saw a great massacre of Hindus and Sikhs take place in areas of Muslim majority.

Personally Jinnah was a secularist, but when he appealed to masses he became a rabid communalist. He was also fond of meat and whiskey. This was a peculiar trait that came to the fore. He became Governor General and realised his dream, but it was a short lived dream as he himself died within 6 months of independence and his two nation theory crashed inside two and half decades of his death.