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Dina's relationship with her father became strained when she expressed her desire to marry the Parsi-born Neville Wadia, who was the son of Sir Ness Wadia and Evelyne Clara Powell. Jinnah tried to dissuade her but failed.
Sir Ness married an Englishwoman, Eveylne Clara Powell, and they became the parents of Clara Eveylne Wadia and Neville Wadia. Clara was married to married to Robert Byng, 7th Earl of Strafford. Neville inherited the conglomerate when Sir Ness Wadia died in 1952. Neville was married to Dina Jinnah from 1938 to 1943.
Ness Nusli Wadia (born 30 May 1971) is an Indian businessman. Wadia is the managing director of Bombay Burmah Trading Corporation , a company which has holdings in most of the Wadia Group subsidiaries, including an indirect majority stake in Britannia Industries .
Rattanbai Jinnah or Maryam Jinnah (née Petit; 20 February 1900 – 20 February 1929), also known as Ruttie Petit, was the wife of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, an important figure in the creation of Pakistan and the country's founder.
Neville Ness Wadia (22 August 1911 – 31 July 1996) was an Indian businessman, philanthropist and a member of the Wadia family, an old Parsi family which, by the 1840s, was one of the leading forces in the Indian shipbuilding industry. Wadia was the last of India's aristocratic taipans, who expanded his family textile concern into one of India ...
Muhammad Ali Jinnah (1876–1948) . The founder of Pakistan and was the country's first Governor-General. His first marriage in 1892 was the result of his mother urging him to marry his cousin Emibai Jinnah before he left for England to pursue higher studies.
As per Forbes list of India’s 100 richest tycoons, dated OCTOBER 09, 2024, Nusli Wadia is ranked 44th with a net worth of $6.7 Billion. [3] He is Bloomberg's 294 richest person with his highest net worth being $9.44 Billion USD. Wadia, and his sons are the direct and only living descendants of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founding father of Pakistan.
Wadia cites Rushdie case in house takeover plea, Indrani Bagchi/TNN, The Times of India, Bombay; pg 8, 2005-05-24; The House Jinnah built, Rizvi Syed Haider Abbas, The Milli Gazette, 1–15 September 2004; Jinnah's house handed over to ICCR, PTI, Rediff.com, 2003-08-07; Muslim law does not apply to Jinnah, says daughter; Into Jinnah House