Dina Wadia, the daughter of Pakistan founder Mohammad Ali Jinnah, passed away at her home in New York today, a spokesperson of Wadia group said. The Indian Express website has been rated GREEN for its credibility and trustworthiness by Newsguard, a global service that rates news sources for their journalistic standards. Play an active role in shaping our journalism by becoming a member. 1943). Mumbai: The funeral of Dina Wadia, daughter and the only child of Pakistan's founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah, shall take place in New York on Friday, official sources here said. 
She was 98. [2] More recently, Neville Wadia continued the philanthropic tradition of his family by continuing to establish hospitals and schools. As a premature baby, her birth came as a surprise to Jinnah and his wife who were at the cinema watching a movie at the time. She told me that Bombay (Mumbai) was her city - though she spent long periods in London as well as New York. She was 98. Dina Wadia, the only daughter of Pakistan's founder Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah, passed away at her home in New York on Thursday, a spokesperson for the Wadia Group said in a statement. Wadia wanted the mansion built by her father in 1936 at a cost of Rs 2 lakh, and be called the South Court. [citation needed] It was all he talked about for a while at home, even to Dina, who consequently nicknamed him "Grey Wolf". 
She is survived by her daughter Diana Wadia, son Nusli Wadia, grandsons Ness and Jeh Wadia and two great grandchildren Jah and Ella Wadia. The third baronet, Dina's maternal uncle, was married to Sylla Tata, sister of JRD Tata; the Tata family were the richest in India. She visited Pakistan after partition, first when Jinnah died in 1948 and the second time in 2004. She was 98. If so I hope you will drive out to Juhu and spend the day if you like. 14-15 August (midnight). 
https://t.co/0TLkSZrEgw, Im deeply saddened at the death of Dina Wadia. 
She was 98. In October 2007, the government filed its affidavit stating that the Jinnah House belongs to the government and that only Jinnah's sister Fatima or her legal heir can claim right over the property. 
Dina Wadia (born Dina Jinnah; 15August 1919 2November Image courtesy. Nusli is now the chairman of the Wadia Group. After Ruttie's death in 1929, Jinnah's sister Fatima moved in with Jinnah to help raise her niece Dina, then 10 years old. Weekly quiz: Which relative of JFK is challenging Biden? According to The Times of India report, the London-born Dina spent a major part of her life in Mumbai but had been living in the US for the past few decades. [18], Wadia's relationship with her father became strained when she expressed her desire to marry the Parsi-born Indian Neville Wadia who was the son of Sir Ness Wadia and Evelyne Clara Powell. Dina Wadia, the only daughter of Pakistan founder Mohammad Ali Jinnah, passed away at her home in New York at the age of 98 on Thursday, a spokesperson of Wadia group said. In the visitors' book, she then wrote, "May his dream for Pakistan come true.". But she and her son Nusli Wadia chose not to share their thoughts with the public on what was certainly a highly emotional encounter. Dina, who had married Bombay-based Parsi businessman Neville Wadia over her father's objection and stayed back in India after Partition, is survived by her daughter Diana N She was 98. In one picture, she is standing with her father and aunt, Fatima Jinnah. Though Dina and Neville divorced in 1943, she remained a prominent member of the Wadia family. His adamancy led to a strained relationship between the father and the daughter. Dina's paternal grandparents were from Gujarat, who moved to Karachi for business in the mid-1870s, where her father, Jinnah, was born, added the report. Dina Wadia was born in London moments after the midnight of August 14 th, on the morning of 15 th August 1919, to Muhammad Ali Jinnah and his wife, Rattan Bai Petit, later known as Maryam Jinnah. Her own temperament and personality, she reckoned, came more from her father than her mother. "[9] She was reported to be "a dark-eyed beauty, lithe and winsome, with a smile like her mother's. Dina Wadia, daughter of Mohammad Ali Jinnah, passed away on Thursday, 2 November, in New York. Mohammad Ali Jinnah's daughter Dina Wadia dies in New York Dina Wadia is survived by her son and Wadia group chairman Nusli N Wadia, daughter Diana N Wadia, and grandsons Ness and Jeh Wadia. redistributed or derived from. Dina Wadia, the only daughter of Pakistan founder Mohammad Ali Jinnah, passed away at her home in New York at the age of 98 on Thursday, a spokesperson of Wadia group said. Read about our approach to external linking. Send in your suggestions to fit@thequint.com or WhatsApp @ +919999008335), (At The Quint, we are answerable only to our audience. The prominent women of the Wadia family, including Motlibai Maneckji Wadia, Jerbai Nusserwanji Wadia, and Lady Hirabai Cowasji Jehangir, were known for their philanthropy in providing financial support to Zoroastrian temples, establishing schools and hospitals, and supporting the arts in the 1800s. She was 98. 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[15] The Petit family disowned Dina's mother, Rattanbai, when she married Jinnah, who was twenty-four years older than her. She was spry and petite, wearing bright red lipstick - and with her high cheekbones and aquiline nose, and somewhat imperious expression, she looked strikingly like her father. The Foreign Office in a message said that President Mamnoon Hussain and Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi "expressed deepest condolences, on behalf of the people and government of Pakistan, on the passing away of Ms Dina Wadia". Her paternal grandparents were Hindu who hailed from Gujarat, India and migrated to Karachi for business in the mid-1870s. Dina Wadia, the only daughter of Pakistan's founder Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah, passed away at her home in New York on Thursday, a spokesperson for the Wadia Group said in a statement. [31] Dina was survived by her son and Wadia group chairman Nusli Wadia, daughter Diana Wadia, and grandsons Ness Wadia and Jehangir Wadia.[21]. Track Latest News Live on NDTV.com and get news updates from India and around the world. Dina, who had married Bombay-based Parsi businessman Neville Wadia over her father's objection and stayed back in India after Partition, is survived by her daughter Diana N Members of the family have also settled outside of Mumbai in the United Kingdom (such as British-Indian actress Nina Wadia) and the United States (such as Maneck Sorabji Wadia, Indian-American management consultant).[2]. Mohammad Ali Jinnah's daughter Dina Wadia dies in New York Dina Wadia is survived by her son and Wadia group chairman Nusli N Wadia, daughter Diana N Wadia, and grandsons Ness and Jeh Wadia. [14] This and many other contributions to industry, trade and philanthropy had earned him a baronetcy. Sir Ness married an Englishwoman, Eveylne Clara Powell, and they became the parents of Clara Eveylne Wadia and Neville Wadia. Dina also went to the tomb of Madar-e-Millat Fatima Jinnah to pay respects to her aunt, to the Flagstaff House Pakistan to hoist the flag of Pakistan, and to her father's house Wazir Mansion. By the 1840s, the family was one of the leading forces in the Indian shipbuilding industry. May her soul rest in peace. 1. May her soul rest in peace. Debutant KKR Mystery Spinner Who Rocked Kohli's RCB, 'Tiger King' Star Carole Baskin Is Closing Her Big Cat Sanctuary, Secret US Documents On Ukraine War Plan Spill Onto Internet: Report, US Court Allows West Virginia Trans Students To Compete In Girls' Sports, Covid Variant XBB1.16 Driving Spike In Cases, See Symptoms And Precautions, 4 Killed In Tractor-Tempo Collision In Rajasthan, Villagers Block Road, This website follows the DNPA Code of Ethics. Former BBC India correspondent Dina Wadia died on 2 November at the impressive age of 98. She was 98. [29][30] The Sindh Assembly in Pakistan observed a one-minute silence in her remembrance and offered Al-Fatiha for her and her father's departed soul. Dina Wadia is survived by her son and Wadia group chairman Nusli N Wadia, daughter Diana N Wadia, and grandsons Ness and Jeh Wadia, the Wadia group spokesperson said in a statement. Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. Dina Wadia is survived by her son and Wadia group chairman Nusli N Wadia, daughter Diana N Wadia, and grandsons Ness and Jeh Wadia, the spokesperson said in a statement. Why did you not marry one of them?" He later took over as chairman of Bombay Dyeing in 1977, when Neville finally accepted that he was beaten and stepped aside. She showed me a photo of her beautiful mother, Rattanbai "Ruttie" Petit, a Parsi, who died when her daughter was nine. Ms Wadia was born around the midnight of August 14-15, 1919 in a cinema theatre in London where her parents, Jinnah and Rattanbai, were watching a film, quoting historian Stanley Wolpert, community website Parshi Khabar said. She considered "cricket diplomacy" to be an enthralling dimension that illustrated an entirely new phase in relations between India and Pakistan. Dina Wadia, the daughter of Pakistan founder Mohammad Ali Jinnah, passed away at her home in New York on Thursday, a spokesperson of Wadia group said. She was 98. "[citation needed], Jinnah's then associate and later a prominent judge M. C. Chagla recounts in his autobiography Roses in December that when Dina married Neville, Jinnah said to her that she was not his daughter any more. Why did you not marry one of them?" Dina's great-grandfather, Dinshaw Maneckji Petit, had founded the first cotton mill in India. 2. Dina's parents were mismatched not only in age and religion, but also in habits, temperament and views. Mohammad Ali Jinnah's daughter Dina Wadia dies in New York Dina Wadia is survived by her son and Wadia group chairman Nusli N Wadia, daughter Diana N Wadia, and grandsons Ness and Jeh Wadia. Naval Chief calls for maintaining perpetual combat readiness, Martyr Sepoy Hamid Rasool laid to rest with full military honour, Ahsan Iqbal says 2023 marked the Decade of CPEC, PTI to file reference against unconstitutional NA resolution: Imran Khan. Clara was married to married to Robert Byng, 7th Earl of Strafford. Former BBC India correspondent Dina Wadia died on 2 November at the impressive age of 98. Fatima migrated to Pakistan at the time of partition, and was declared an evacuee, and hence, the property was taken over by the Indian government under the Bombay Evacuee Property Act, the affidavit filed by the government had said. The festival of prayer and lavish food preparations has been overshadowed by soaring inflation in the country. WebDina Wadia (born Dina Jinnah; August 15, 1919 November 2, 2017) was the daughter of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founding father of Pakistan and Rattanbai Petit. Dina Wadia, the only daughter of Pakistan's founder Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah, passed away at her home in New York on Thursday, a spokesperson for the Wadia Group said in a statement. Soon after her petition was filed, the high court had directed the Union government to file their affidavit in response. Wadia was Jinnahs only daughter, born to his second wife Rattanbai Petit in London, ironically on 15 August 1919. The PKR, in the interbank market, closed at 287.29 against the US dollar, 0.78 per cent, or Rs 2.25, down from previous close. She complained of leaders who had "robbed" the country and warned that democracy hadn't flourished in any Muslim country. After the death of Dina Wadia, her personal diary revealed that her relationship with her father was no more formal, and they had reunited as a family. They have been active in a host of other smaller businesses, including film-making, biscuits and bakery products, tea and rubber plantations, fashion magazines and aviation. [25] In 2007, Dina Wadia filed a writ petition before the Bombay High Court, claiming that Jinnah House could not be classified as "evacuee property", as her father had died without leaving behind a will and demanded that the house be handed over to her. However, Dina who lived in New York City, wrote to the Indian prime minister demanding that the house on the Malabar Hill, be handed over to her. Dina Wadia, the only child of Jinnah, was involved in litigation regarding Jinnah House claiming that Hindu Law is applicable to Jinnah as he was a Khoja Shia. In March 2004, Wadia visited Lahore, Pakistan, to watch a cricket match between Pakistan and India. The diary also revealed that Dina had visited Pakistan twice, once on her father's death, and then again for the 2004 India-Pakistan cricket match. Jinnah had bequeathed the Jinnah House to his unmarried sister Fatima by his will dated 30 May 1939. "There are millions of Muslim boys in India," Jinnah reportedly told Dina, and she could marry anyone she chose. This included her son Nusli Wadia, daughter Diana Wadia, grandsons Ness and Jeh Wadia, Jeh's wife Celina and two great-grandchildren Jah and Ella Wadia. [16][dead link][17][failed verification][18] Jinnah raised his daughter as a Muslim. Dina Wadia was born in London moments after the midnight of August 14 th, on the morning of 15 th August 1919, to Muhammad Ali Jinnah and his wife, Rattan Bai Petit, later known as Maryam Jinnah. After Jinnah returned to Mumbai from England to take charge of the Muslim League, according to IANS, he built himself a palatial mansion South Court (Jinnah House) in Mumbai, which became his residence during the politically momentous decade preceding the creation of Pakistan. 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A young Dina Wadia (R), pictured at an undisclosed location with her father Mohammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan, and aunt Fatima Jinnah, Pakistani Air Force cadets march next to Jinnah's mausoleum in Karachi, 'You will be immortalised underwater' Video, LISTEN: Art Malik reads Jinnah's Partition speech, Andrew Whitehead's column was reproduced with permission, from his blog, Tennessee statehouse expels Democrats over protest, Chinese scientists publish long-awaited Covid data, Rap star Coolio died of fentanyl overdose - manager, Man murdered wife by pushing her off Arthur's Seat, Minister held over theft of 14,500 metal roof sheets, One of Macron's favourite cafes attacked in protests. She was the only child of Jinnah who was raised alone by her father after his separation from Rattanbai and her subsequent demise. She lived in the sort of exclusive apartment building where you didn't get into the lobby, never mind beyond it, unless you were expected. 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She was 98. [2] More recently, Neville Wadia continued the philanthropic tradition of his family by continuing to establish hospitals and schools. As a premature baby, her birth came as a surprise to Jinnah and his wife who were at the cinema watching a movie at the time. She told me that Bombay (Mumbai) was her city - though she spent long periods in London as well as New York. She was 98. Dina Wadia, the only daughter of Pakistan's founder Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah, passed away at her home in New York on Thursday, a spokesperson for the Wadia Group said in a statement. Wadia wanted the mansion built by her father in 1936 at a cost of Rs 2 lakh, and be called the South Court. [citation needed] It was all he talked about for a while at home, even to Dina, who consequently nicknamed him "Grey Wolf". She is survived by her daughter Diana Wadia, son Nusli Wadia, grandsons Ness and Jeh Wadia and two great grandchildren Jah and Ella Wadia. The third baronet, Dina's maternal uncle, was married to Sylla Tata, sister of JRD Tata; the Tata family were the richest in India. She visited Pakistan after partition, first when Jinnah died in 1948 and the second time in 2004. She was 98. If so I hope you will drive out to Juhu and spend the day if you like. 14-15 August (midnight). https://t.co/0TLkSZrEgw, Im deeply saddened at the death of Dina Wadia. She was 98. In October 2007, the government filed its affidavit stating that the Jinnah House belongs to the government and that only Jinnah's sister Fatima or her legal heir can claim right over the property. Dina Wadia (born Dina Jinnah; 15August 1919 2November Image courtesy. Nusli is now the chairman of the Wadia Group. After Ruttie's death in 1929, Jinnah's sister Fatima moved in with Jinnah to help raise her niece Dina, then 10 years old. Weekly quiz: Which relative of JFK is challenging Biden? According to The Times of India report, the London-born Dina spent a major part of her life in Mumbai but had been living in the US for the past few decades. [18], Wadia's relationship with her father became strained when she expressed her desire to marry the Parsi-born Indian Neville Wadia who was the son of Sir Ness Wadia and Evelyne Clara Powell. Dina Wadia, the only daughter of Pakistan founder Mohammad Ali Jinnah, passed away at her home in New York at the age of 98 on Thursday, a spokesperson of Wadia group said. In the visitors' book, she then wrote, "May his dream for Pakistan come true.". But she and her son Nusli Wadia chose not to share their thoughts with the public on what was certainly a highly emotional encounter. Dina, who had married Bombay-based Parsi businessman Neville Wadia over her father's objection and stayed back in India after Partition, is survived by her daughter Diana N She was 98. In one picture, she is standing with her father and aunt, Fatima Jinnah. Though Dina and Neville divorced in 1943, she remained a prominent member of the Wadia family. His adamancy led to a strained relationship between the father and the daughter. Dina's paternal grandparents were from Gujarat, who moved to Karachi for business in the mid-1870s, where her father, Jinnah, was born, added the report. Dina Wadia was born in London moments after the midnight of August 14 th, on the morning of 15 th August 1919, to Muhammad Ali Jinnah and his wife, Rattan Bai Petit, later known as Maryam Jinnah. Her own temperament and personality, she reckoned, came more from her father than her mother. "[9] She was reported to be "a dark-eyed beauty, lithe and winsome, with a smile like her mother's. Dina Wadia, daughter of Mohammad Ali Jinnah, passed away on Thursday, 2 November, in New York. Mohammad Ali Jinnah's daughter Dina Wadia dies in New York Dina Wadia is survived by her son and Wadia group chairman Nusli N Wadia, daughter Diana N Wadia, and grandsons Ness and Jeh Wadia. redistributed or derived from. Dina Wadia, the only daughter of Pakistan founder Mohammad Ali Jinnah, passed away at her home in New York at the age of 98 on Thursday, a spokesperson of Wadia group said. Read about our approach to external linking. Send in your suggestions to fit@thequint.com or WhatsApp @ +919999008335), (At The Quint, we are answerable only to our audience. The prominent women of the Wadia family, including Motlibai Maneckji Wadia, Jerbai Nusserwanji Wadia, and Lady Hirabai Cowasji Jehangir, were known for their philanthropy in providing financial support to Zoroastrian temples, establishing schools and hospitals, and supporting the arts in the 1800s. She was 98. 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[15] The Petit family disowned Dina's mother, Rattanbai, when she married Jinnah, who was twenty-four years older than her. She was spry and petite, wearing bright red lipstick - and with her high cheekbones and aquiline nose, and somewhat imperious expression, she looked strikingly like her father. The Foreign Office in a message said that President Mamnoon Hussain and Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi "expressed deepest condolences, on behalf of the people and government of Pakistan, on the passing away of Ms Dina Wadia". Her paternal grandparents were Hindu who hailed from Gujarat, India and migrated to Karachi for business in the mid-1870s. Dina Wadia, the only daughter of Pakistan's founder Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah, passed away at her home in New York on Thursday, a spokesperson for the Wadia Group said in a statement. [31] Dina was survived by her son and Wadia group chairman Nusli Wadia, daughter Diana Wadia, and grandsons Ness Wadia and Jehangir Wadia.[21]. Track Latest News Live on NDTV.com and get news updates from India and around the world. Dina, who had married Bombay-based Parsi businessman Neville Wadia over her father's objection and stayed back in India after Partition, is survived by her daughter Diana N Members of the family have also settled outside of Mumbai in the United Kingdom (such as British-Indian actress Nina Wadia) and the United States (such as Maneck Sorabji Wadia, Indian-American management consultant).[2]. Mohammad Ali Jinnah's daughter Dina Wadia dies in New York Dina Wadia is survived by her son and Wadia group chairman Nusli N Wadia, daughter Diana N Wadia, and grandsons Ness and Jeh Wadia. [14] This and many other contributions to industry, trade and philanthropy had earned him a baronetcy. Sir Ness married an Englishwoman, Eveylne Clara Powell, and they became the parents of Clara Eveylne Wadia and Neville Wadia. Dina also went to the tomb of Madar-e-Millat Fatima Jinnah to pay respects to her aunt, to the Flagstaff House Pakistan to hoist the flag of Pakistan, and to her father's house Wazir Mansion. By the 1840s, the family was one of the leading forces in the Indian shipbuilding industry. May her soul rest in peace. 1. May her soul rest in peace. Debutant KKR Mystery Spinner Who Rocked Kohli's RCB, 'Tiger King' Star Carole Baskin Is Closing Her Big Cat Sanctuary, Secret US Documents On Ukraine War Plan Spill Onto Internet: Report, US Court Allows West Virginia Trans Students To Compete In Girls' Sports, Covid Variant XBB1.16 Driving Spike In Cases, See Symptoms And Precautions, 4 Killed In Tractor-Tempo Collision In Rajasthan, Villagers Block Road, This website follows the DNPA Code of Ethics. Former BBC India correspondent Dina Wadia died on 2 November at the impressive age of 98. She was 98. [29][30] The Sindh Assembly in Pakistan observed a one-minute silence in her remembrance and offered Al-Fatiha for her and her father's departed soul. Dina Wadia is survived by her son and Wadia group chairman Nusli N Wadia, daughter Diana N Wadia, and grandsons Ness and Jeh Wadia, the Wadia group spokesperson said in a statement. Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. Dina Wadia is survived by her son and Wadia group chairman Nusli N Wadia, daughter Diana N Wadia, and grandsons Ness and Jeh Wadia, the spokesperson said in a statement. Why did you not marry one of them?" He later took over as chairman of Bombay Dyeing in 1977, when Neville finally accepted that he was beaten and stepped aside. She showed me a photo of her beautiful mother, Rattanbai "Ruttie" Petit, a Parsi, who died when her daughter was nine. Ms Wadia was born around the midnight of August 14-15, 1919 in a cinema theatre in London where her parents, Jinnah and Rattanbai, were watching a film, quoting historian Stanley Wolpert, community website Parshi Khabar said. She considered "cricket diplomacy" to be an enthralling dimension that illustrated an entirely new phase in relations between India and Pakistan. Dina Wadia, the daughter of Pakistan founder Mohammad Ali Jinnah, passed away at her home in New York on Thursday, a spokesperson of Wadia group said. She was 98. "[citation needed], Jinnah's then associate and later a prominent judge M. C. Chagla recounts in his autobiography Roses in December that when Dina married Neville, Jinnah said to her that she was not his daughter any more. Why did you not marry one of them?" Dina's great-grandfather, Dinshaw Maneckji Petit, had founded the first cotton mill in India. 2. Dina's parents were mismatched not only in age and religion, but also in habits, temperament and views. Mohammad Ali Jinnah's daughter Dina Wadia dies in New York Dina Wadia is survived by her son and Wadia group chairman Nusli N Wadia, daughter Diana N Wadia, and grandsons Ness and Jeh Wadia. Naval Chief calls for maintaining perpetual combat readiness, Martyr Sepoy Hamid Rasool laid to rest with full military honour, Ahsan Iqbal says 2023 marked the Decade of CPEC, PTI to file reference against unconstitutional NA resolution: Imran Khan. Clara was married to married to Robert Byng, 7th Earl of Strafford. Former BBC India correspondent Dina Wadia died on 2 November at the impressive age of 98. Fatima migrated to Pakistan at the time of partition, and was declared an evacuee, and hence, the property was taken over by the Indian government under the Bombay Evacuee Property Act, the affidavit filed by the government had said. The festival of prayer and lavish food preparations has been overshadowed by soaring inflation in the country. WebDina Wadia (born Dina Jinnah; August 15, 1919 November 2, 2017) was the daughter of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founding father of Pakistan and Rattanbai Petit. Dina Wadia, the only daughter of Pakistan's founder Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah, passed away at her home in New York on Thursday, a spokesperson for the Wadia Group said in a statement. Soon after her petition was filed, the high court had directed the Union government to file their affidavit in response. Wadia was Jinnahs only daughter, born to his second wife Rattanbai Petit in London, ironically on 15 August 1919. The PKR, in the interbank market, closed at 287.29 against the US dollar, 0.78 per cent, or Rs 2.25, down from previous close. She complained of leaders who had "robbed" the country and warned that democracy hadn't flourished in any Muslim country. After the death of Dina Wadia, her personal diary revealed that her relationship with her father was no more formal, and they had reunited as a family. They have been active in a host of other smaller businesses, including film-making, biscuits and bakery products, tea and rubber plantations, fashion magazines and aviation. [25] In 2007, Dina Wadia filed a writ petition before the Bombay High Court, claiming that Jinnah House could not be classified as "evacuee property", as her father had died without leaving behind a will and demanded that the house be handed over to her. However, Dina who lived in New York City, wrote to the Indian prime minister demanding that the house on the Malabar Hill, be handed over to her. Dina Wadia, the only child of Jinnah, was involved in litigation regarding Jinnah House claiming that Hindu Law is applicable to Jinnah as he was a Khoja Shia. In March 2004, Wadia visited Lahore, Pakistan, to watch a cricket match between Pakistan and India. The diary also revealed that Dina had visited Pakistan twice, once on her father's death, and then again for the 2004 India-Pakistan cricket match. Jinnah had bequeathed the Jinnah House to his unmarried sister Fatima by his will dated 30 May 1939. "There are millions of Muslim boys in India," Jinnah reportedly told Dina, and she could marry anyone she chose. This included her son Nusli Wadia, daughter Diana Wadia, grandsons Ness and Jeh Wadia, Jeh's wife Celina and two great-grandchildren Jah and Ella Wadia. [16][dead link][17][failed verification][18] Jinnah raised his daughter as a Muslim. Dina Wadia was born in London moments after the midnight of August 14 th, on the morning of 15 th August 1919, to Muhammad Ali Jinnah and his wife, Rattan Bai Petit, later known as Maryam Jinnah. After Jinnah returned to Mumbai from England to take charge of the Muslim League, according to IANS, he built himself a palatial mansion South Court (Jinnah House) in Mumbai, which became his residence during the politically momentous decade preceding the creation of Pakistan. For other uses, see, "The US National Anthem Was Written Aboard This Made-In-India Ship", 10.1525/california/9780520281226.003.0008, "Aslam Jinnah's claim of being Quaid's family disputed", "Dina Wadia's last meeting with Quaid-e-Azamin her own words", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wadia_family&oldid=1148446582, All Wikipedia articles written in Indian English, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 6 April 2023, at 06:04. A young Dina Wadia (R), pictured at an undisclosed location with her father Mohammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan, and aunt Fatima Jinnah, Pakistani Air Force cadets march next to Jinnah's mausoleum in Karachi, 'You will be immortalised underwater' Video, LISTEN: Art Malik reads Jinnah's Partition speech, Andrew Whitehead's column was reproduced with permission, from his blog, Tennessee statehouse expels Democrats over protest, Chinese scientists publish long-awaited Covid data, Rap star Coolio died of fentanyl overdose - manager, Man murdered wife by pushing her off Arthur's Seat, Minister held over theft of 14,500 metal roof sheets, One of Macron's favourite cafes attacked in protests. She was the only child of Jinnah who was raised alone by her father after his separation from Rattanbai and her subsequent demise. She lived in the sort of exclusive apartment building where you didn't get into the lobby, never mind beyond it, unless you were expected. 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