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Word: azam (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Lonely Splendor. A high Indian official, one of the few visitors who saw Jinnah during his Lahore illness, said: "When I started talking, I noticed that the Qaid-e-Azam looked distracted. He was constantly touching his right finger tips with his thumb as if he were silently counting something. Suddenly, without any reference to what I was saying, the Qaid-e-Azam said: 'It's a fraud...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PAKISTAN: Life on a Throne | 12/22/1947 | See Source »

...considerably surprised. But realizing that he was not referring to me, I continued with my business,, After a good deal more of counting the Qaid-e-Azam said: 'Swindle.' Then again, 'Swindle -regular swindle.' 'Fraud . .. swindle . . . cheat,' came in quick succession. Then other words of a less statesmanly nature followed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PAKISTAN: Life on a Throne | 12/22/1947 | See Source »

Jinnah has been sick abed for three weeks. The Pakistan Ministry indignantly said: "There is absolutely no truth in the rumors that Qaid-e-Azam [the Great Leader] is seriously ill." They could scarcely say the same about the state over which Jinnah presided...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PAKISTAN: Sick | 12/8/1947 | See Source »

...General, President of the Constituent Assembly and President of the Moslem League. With proper crustiness, Mohamed Ali Jinnah strode up the steps with his sister Fatima. He was wearing a white achkan (long coat), grey fur "Jinnah cap" and a monocle. The small crowd (5,000) shouted "Quaid-e-Azam Zindabad" (Long Live the Great Leader...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PAKISTAN: Better Off in a Home | 8/25/1947 | See Source »

...Amritsar, no longer cared whether he was in Pakistan or Hindustan. Unshaven and ragged, Chaudhri Ahmen Hasan wandered aimlessly among the ruins of his property, carrying a big framed photograph of Jinnah. From time to time Hasan paused and addressed the picture: "Are you happy now, Qaid-e-Azam [Great Leader]? You have at last achieved Pakistan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INDIA: End of Forever | 6/30/1947 | See Source »

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