Dina Wadia

Dina Wadia
دینا واڈیا
Wadia at the 1948 funeral of her father
Born
Dina Jinnah

(1919-08-15)15 August 1919
London, England
Died2 November 2017(2017-11-02) (aged 98)
Manhattan, New York, U.S.
NationalityAmerican[1]
Spouse
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(m. 1938; sep. 1943)​
Children2, inc. Nusli Wadia
Parents
Family

Dina Wadia (née Jinnah; 15 August 1919 – 2 November 2017) was the only child and daughter of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founding father of Pakistan, and Rattanbai Petit.[2][3][4]

Wadia belonged to some of the most prominent families of the Indian subcontinent, notably, the Jinnah family through her father, the Petit family through her mother, and the Wadia family through her marriage to Neville Wadia in 1938.[5][6][7]

  1. ^ "Dina Wadia was highly respected in dad Jinnah's Pakistan". The Indian Express. 6 November 2017. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
  2. ^ "Quaid-i-Azam's daughter Dina Wadia passes away at 98 in New York". The Express Tribune. 2 November 2017. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  3. ^ Walsh, Judith E. (10 July 2017). A Brief History of India. Infobase Publishing. ISBN 9781438108254 – via Google Books.
  4. ^ "Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah – Founder of Pakistan & Former 1st Governor-General of Pakistan". 25 October 2013.
  5. ^ "Gujarat's gifts to India and Pakistan". The Express Tribune. 23 February 2012.
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  7. ^ Cite error: The named reference SCMP was invoked but never defined (see the help page).