 During his student years in England , Jinnah was influenced by 19th @-@ century British liberalism , like many other future Indian independence leaders . This political education included exposure to the idea of the democratic nation , and progressive politics . He became an admirer of the Parsi Indian political leaders Dadabhai Naoroji and Sir Pherozeshah Mehta . Naoroji had become the first British Member of Parliament of Indian extraction shortly before Jinnah 's arrival , triumphing with a majority of five votes in Finsbury Central . Jinnah listened to Naoroji 's maiden speech in the House of Commons from the visitor 's gallery . 
