Abstract
Most historians have painted Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah and Mahatma Gandhi as charismatic
leaders in the history of South Asia who worked for the freedom of India. Because of their services both of them are
regarded as ‘father of their Nations’, Pakistan and India respectively. In the academia of Indo-Pakistan, their
mutual relations are accredited as two adversaries or rivals but these are biased studies and need to revisit with a
fresh look. In this paper, an attempt is made to highlight the relationship of Jinnah with Gandhi in their early phase
of political struggle. The paper argues that Jinnah and Gandhi had great regards for each other and worked as a
team for the liberation of their motherland-India. There are several documents and archival material that show that
Jinnah had immense respect for Mr. Gandhi as a human being and politician. Their differences which developed in
the last phase or later, are twisted in a way that blurred their services for the freedom struggle of India. Therefore,
it is important to understand the dynamics of Gandhi-Jinnah relations in the early phase of their struggle which
lasted from 1906 to 1920. During this period Jinnah was a member of the All-India Congress Party. . The paper
argues that Jinnah and Gandhi had great regards for each other and worked as a team for the liberation of their
motherland-India
Ghulam Shabbir, Muhammad Kashif Ali, Abdul Basit Mujahid, Syed Akmal Hussain Shah, Farzana Arshad. (2021) Gandhi- Jinnah Relations: An Overview, Journal of the Research Society of Pakistan, Volume-58, Issue-1.
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