Rattanbai Jinnah

Rattanbai Jinnah
Born
Rattanbai Petit

(1900-02-20)20 February 1900
Bombay, British India
(now, Mumbai, India)
Died20 February 1929(1929-02-20) (aged 29)
Bombay, British India
NationalityBritish Indian
Spouse
(m. 1918)
Children1 (Dina Wadia)
Family

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.

Petit belonged to two of the most influential families of the Indian Subcontinent, the Petit family, through her father and the Jinnah family through her marriage to Jinnah. Her daughter Dina Wadia married Bombay Dyeing chairman Neville Wadia, of the Wadia family.[1][2]

  1. ^ "Maryam Jinnah". Dawn. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
  2. ^ "Mr and Mrs Jinnah". The Nation. Retrieved 28 May 2018.