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Wazir
Mansion
(وزیر
مینشن),
officially
known
as
Quaid-e-Azam
Birthplace
Museum
is
a
former
family
home
in
the
Kharadar
district
South
at
Karachi,
Sindh,
Pakistan
which
is
considered
the
birthplace
of
the
country's
founder,
Muhammad
Ali
Jinnah.
"It
was
built
during
1860-1870
with
stone
masonry
in
lime
and
jute
mortar
to
suit
the
volatile
weather
of
Karachi."
Birthplace
of
Jinnah
"It
was
an
auspicious
day
of
December
25,
1876,
when
the
founder
of
our
homeland,
i.e.
Pakistan,
was
born."
Wazir
Mansion
now
may
be
the
widely
accepted
birthplace
of
Quaid-e-Azam,
Mohammad
Ali
Jinnah,
the
founder
of
Pakistan.
Once,
his
birthplace
was
misunderstood
to
be
Jhirk,
an
old
small
town
near
Karachi,
which
was
later
revealed
to
be
untrue.
The
reality
was
disclosed
in
the
book
My
Brother
written
in
the
1960s
by
Muhammad
Ali
Jinnah's
sister,
Fatima
Jinnah
in
his
biography
wherein
she
described
the
salient
features
of
her
brother's
life.
She
mentioned
their
ancestral
village,
Paneli,
in
the
state
of
Gondal,
Kathiawar,
in
the
province
of
Gujarat,
in
present-day
India.
Their
father,
Mr.
Jinnah
Bhai
Poonja,
had
settled
in
Karachi
because
of
a
business
partnership
with
an
English
Merchant
company
named
Grams
Trading
Company,
whose
office
was
then
located
in
Karachi.
Jinnah's
ancestral
family
and
their
progenies
including
M.
A.
Jinnah's
daughter,
son-in-law
and
grandchildren
have
been
residents,
to
this
day,
of
the
province
of
Gujarat
and
Bombay.
Muhammad
Ali
Jinnah's
father
got
the
house
(now
Wazir
Mansion)
for
rent
in
1874
and
settled
here
for
some
time.
By
1900,
he
again
returned
to
his
native
state,
Gujarat,
British
India.
"Gowardhan
Das
was
also
among
the
owners
of
this
building
from
whom
Wazir
Ali
Ponawala
(from
whom
the
house
had
got
its
name
'Wazir
Mansion')
bought
it
at
some
point
in
1904."
After
Pakistan's
independence
The
Government
of
Pakistan,
in
1953,
acquired
this
historic
building.
Under
Ancient
Monuments
Preservation
Act,
the
government
protected
it.
Then
the
Pakistan
Public
Works
Department
was
assigned
the
work
of
its
conservation
and
renovation.
It
was
formally
inaugurated
as
Jinnah's
birthplace
museum
on
14
August
1953.
A
project
of
strengthening,
preservation,
and
rehabilitation
was
completed
by
the
government
in
2010.
Now
this
birthplace
museum
is
a
three-storey
building
with
a
library
and
museum
galleries.
Museum
The
house
now
serves
as
a
museum
and
a
national
archive.
"The
house
where
Mohammad
Ali
Jinnah
spent
16
years
of
his
childhood
and
youth
is
a
precious
national
monument
that
provides
inspiration
to
our
nation."
There
used
to
be
a
Karachi
Circular
Railway
station
called
Wazir
Mansion.
In
2009,
Wazir
Mansion
was
closed
for
renovation
temporarily
but
was
reopened
for
visitors
later.
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