 Indian Prime Minister Jawahar Lal Nehru stated upon Jinnah 's death , " How shall we judge him ? I have been very angry with him often during the past years . But now there is no bitterness in my thought of him , only a great sadness for all that has been ... he succeeded in his quest and gained his objective , but at what a cost and with what a difference from what he had imagined . " Jinnah was buried on 12 September 1948 amid official mourning in both India and Pakistan ; a million people gathered for his funeral . Indian Governor @-@ General Rajagopalachari cancelled an official reception that day in honour of the late leader . Today , Jinnah rests in a large marble mausoleum , Mazar @-@ e @-@ Quaid , in Karachi . 
