In the year 1909 the Muslims of Bombay selected him as their representative and the same year Jinnah was elected a member of the Imperial Legislative Council and showed his political accumen in the council.
In the year 1919 the Row Latt Act was enforced in India which in the opinion of most political leaders was a black law, according to which the ruling government had full powers to arrest any one without any warrant. Quaid-i-Azam vehemently opposed this law.
In the year 1913, when Quaid was in London where he met Maulana Mohammad Ali Jauhar who invited him to join the All India Muslim League. The same year Jinnah became a member of the Muslim League. In the year 1916, due to the efforts of the Quaid the Lucknow Pact was signed between the Muslim League and the Congress.
It was a great success for Quaid because Congress had accepted separate electorate for the Muslims of India. Due to this pact the Quaid was called Ambassadar of Hindu-Muslim unity but this unity did not last long and in the year 1924 this unity vanished in thin air because of non-cooperative attitude of Mr M. K Gandhi in the Khilafat Movement and after the period of 1924 the Indian Muslims were in deep trouble due to the launching of the Arya Samaj Movements.
Due to this movement riots and bloodshed started all over India and Muslims were being killed every where.
In the year 1928, the Nehru Report was published which great injustice was done to the Muslims and their political rights were snatched. This attitude of he Congress disappointed the Quaid and in the year 1929 he presented the famous fourteen points for the protection of the rights of the Muslims.
In the year 1929, Quaid-i-Azam wrote a long letter to the British Prime Minister Sir Ramsay McDonald in order to find a political solution for India. Due to Quaid's efforts three sessions of Round Table Conference was held in London.
However the antagonistic and non-cooperative attitude of M.K Gandhi resulted in the failure of these conferences. The Quaid was so disgusted by the behaviour of the Congress leaders that he decided not to return to India and settle down in London for good but due to letters of Allama Iqbal which impressed him very much the Quaid-i-Azam returned to India and in the year 1934 became a permanent member of the Muslim League. But in the election of 1937 Muslim League was disappointed badly for the Congress formed governments in eight of the provinces of India and from the period of 1937 to 1939, the Indian Muslims were in distress.
In the year 1939 the Second World War broke out and the Congress demanded maximum provincial autonomy which was not acceptable to the Government of India due to which Congress Ministries resigned and the Muslims took a sigh of relief.
In the year 1939 on the advice of the Quaid the Indian Muslims celebrated "the day of deliverance", because the cruelties and injustices of the Hindus had come to an end.
In the year 1940 the 27th meeting of Muslim League was held at Lahore. On 22nd March 1940 the Quaid-i-Azam addressed a large gathering of Muslims in Iqbal Park, Lahore, and presented the idea of a separate homeland for the Muslims of India. In the year 1942 the Cripps Mission came to India but the Quaid did not co-operate with it because this mission had suggested formulation of Indian Union.
After the departure of Cripps the Congress started Quit-India Movement but Jinnah had forbidden the Muslims to join this movement of non-violence.
The government crushed this movement and many leaders of the Congress, including M.K. Gandhi were sent to jail and in the year 1944-45 when Mr Gandhi was released Jinnah-Gandhi talks started but Mr Gandhi did not acknowledge Muslims as a nation. Thus this meeting failed in its purpose.
In the year 1945 the Simla Conference was held but due to the non-cooperative attitude of the leaders of the Congress it failed.
In the year 1946 the cabinet Mission plan came to India to find out a solution for the political crisis of India. The Indians were ready to accept interim government but in this government a lot of differences cropped up hence the Quaid directly demanded the establishment of Pakistan.
After the departure of Lord Wavell from India Lord Mountbatten came as the last of Viceroy of India in March 1947.
After his arrival in Dehli he met Quaid and the leaders of Congress and presented the proposal of 3rd June in 1947 which was acceptable to the Muslim League and Congress. And thus due to great efforts of the Quaid-i-Azam Pakistan came into being on 14th August, 1947.
ECONOMIC PROSPERITY: 'If Pakistan is to play its proper role in the world to which its size, manpower and resources entitle it, it must develop industrial potential alongside its agriculture and give its economy and industrial base by industrializing our State. We shall decrease our dependence on the out side world for necessities of life, we will give more employment to our people and will also increase the resources of the State.'
(Speech on the occasion of laying the Foundation Stone of the building of the Valika Textile Mills Ltd, September 26, 1947)