Muhammad Ali Jinnah: From Indian Nationalism to an Ambassador of Hindu-Muslim Unity

Abstract

This piece of study investigates the efforts of Muhammad Ali Jinnah for Hindu-Muslim unity in Indian Sub-continent. This research article is qualitative and descriptive in nature. It is purely archive based research and the framework of content analysis has been adopted. He was a staunch advocate of Indian Nationalism, but, the initial days of the second decade of twenty century transformed his politics from Indian nationalism to Hindu-Muslim unity which resulted in the conclusion of Lucknow Pact in 1916 which was fully reflected during Caliphate Movement. Jinnah struggled hard to save the unity between the two largest nations for the larger interest of India after the failure of Caliphate Movement but, the conclusive outcome shows that Jinnah declared the partition of India as only solution to the political and constitutional turmoil of India after the provincial elections of 1936-37.