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Mohammad Ali Jinnah (Urdu: محمد على جناح), also known as Muhammad or Mahomed Ali Jinnah (often referred to in Pakistan either as Quaid-e-Azam (Urdu: قائد اعظم), or "Great Leader", which is a legally defined title, or simply Jinnah) (December 25, 1876 - September 11, 1948) was a legislator, politician and a statesman. He was initially an Indian Nationalist and later a Muslim nationalist in British India, worked towards an independent India and Hindu-Muslim Unity till age 60 but later spearheaded the movement for a separate homeland for Muslims in South Asia. He served as Pakistan's first Governor-General and the first presiding officer of its constituent assembly.