date as ”December 25, 1876”. Jinnah was the eldest of seven children born to Mithibai and Jinnahbhai Poonja. His father, Jinnahbhai (1857–1901), was a prosperous Gujarati merchant who had moved to Sindh from Kathiawar , Gujarat before Jinnah's birth. [11] [12] His grandfather, Poonja Gokuldas Meghji, [13] was a Hindu Bhatia