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Mohtarma Fatima Jinnah |
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Madar-e-Millat Mohtarma Fatima
Jinnah was the younger sister of Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah.She
was born in 1893 in Karachi. Fatimah Jinnah received excellent early
education. She joined the Bandra Convent in 1902. In 1919 she got admitted
to the highly competitive University of Calcutta where she attended the Dr.
Ahmad Dental College. After she qualified, Jinnah went along with her idea
of opening a dental clinic in Bombay and helped her set it up in 1923. She
was an instrumental figure in the Pakistan movement and the primary
organizer of the All India Muslim Women Students Federation. During the mass
transfer of population in 1947, she gave an inspiring lead to Muslim women
and lost no time in forming the Women's Relief Committee which later formed
the nucleus for the All Pakistan Women's Association. Mohtarma Fatima Jinnah who stood high in national esteem not only because she was the sister of the Founder of Pakistan but also because she was a great lady in her own right for having rendered invaluable services during the Freedom Movement. Fatima Jinnah died in Karachi on July 8, 1967. |
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