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Wazir Mansion ( Quaid-e-Azam Birth Place)

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Karachi City, Pakistan

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Wazir Mansion ( Quaid-e-Azam Birth Place) Reviews | Rating 4.5 out of 5 stars (8 reviews)

Wazir Mansion ( Quaid-e-Azam Birth Place) is located in Karachi City, Pakistan on Kharadar Bunder Quarter, Karachi,. Wazir Mansion ( Quaid-e-Azam Birth Place) is rated 4.5 out of 5 in the category historical place museum in Pakistan.

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Kharadar Bunder Quarter, Karachi,

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Wazir Mansion known officially as Quaid-e-Azam Birth Place Museum, is a former family home in the Kharadar Karachi Sindh which is considered to be the birth place 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. Quaid-e-Azam's father, Mr. Jinnah Bhai Poonja, was 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 returned to his native state, Gujarat, British India. Gowardhan Das who 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. 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 (PWD) 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. 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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Farooq Mallick

Wazir Mansion is the place / house where the parents of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah lived at the time of the birth of the nation's Supreme Leader. The house, where Mr. Mohammad Ali Jinnah spent his sixteen years his childhood youth, is now a precious National Monument that for provides inspiration to our nation. GENERAL INFORMATION Entry to the Museums is through the main gate. Booking Office and Book Shop are situated at the main entrance. Archaeological Museums are open to public on all six days of the week, (Wednesday closed) observing the following timings. Timings: 09:00 am to 05:00 pm Entrance Fee: Adult: Rs.20/- Children (6 to 12 Years): Rs.10/- Foreigner: Rs.300/- (Students in Groups are Free to enter for study and research.)

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Sheikh Basit

Quaid's birth place. Well preserved.

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The Kotdiji

Amazing Birth place of Qiad Azam Jannah

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Shuja Baig

Interesting artifacts of the Quaid e Azam...

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Ahmed Avais

My dream visit with my best friend Imran Mehmood Jhangwi

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Javed Iqbal

It's really pleasure to saw the birth place of our great hero,

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Ahmed Sunghaar

It is near Kharadhar Police Chowki. Since it is birth place of founder of Pakistan, every body respect it. Anybody can come from Merewether Tower. The train station is also given the name Wazir Mansion on Mauripur Road near Khadda area.

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