Madar-i-Millat, Mohtarma Fatima

Jinnah

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Madar-i-Millat, Mohtarma Fatima Jinnah

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Miss Fatima Jinnah

Miss Fatima Jinnah, younger s ister of Quaid-i -Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, was born in 1893.

•Of his seven brothers and s isters , she was the c losest to the Quaid.

• Jinnah became her guardian upon the death of their father in 1901.

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Miss Fatima Jinnah• Due to her brother 's keen interest , and

despite str ident family opposit ion, Miss Fatima received excel lent early education.

• She joined the Bandra Convent in 1902.

• In 1919 she got admitted to the highly competit ive

• University of Calcutta where she attended the Dr. Ahmad Dental Col lege .

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Miss Fatima Jinnah

• After she qual ified, Jinnah went along with her idea of opening a dental c l inic in Bombay and helped her set it up in 1923.

• Miss Fatima Jinnah initial ly l ived with her brother for about e ight years ti l l 1918, when he got married to

Rutanbai. 5Dr.Zafar Iqbal, PhD

Miss Fatima Jinnah•Upon Rutanbai 's death in

February 1929, Miss Jinnah wound up her c l inic , moved into Jinnah's bungalow, and took charge of his house; thus beginning the l ife- long companionship that lasted t i l l J innah's death on September 11, 1948. 6Dr.Zafar Iqbal, PhD

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