Dina Wadia, daughter of Pakistan's founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah, was born to his second wife Rattanbai Petit, who converted to Islam and was known as Maryam Jinnah. |
Her Hindu paternal grandparents migrated from Gujarat, India to Karachi in the mid-1870s for business. |
Dina was Jinnah's only child, raised by him after his separation from Rattanbai. |
She affectionately called her father the "Grey Wolf" and was known for her love of dogs. |
Despite being pampered as Jinnah's only child, their relationship soured when she had a love marriage at 17 with Neville Wadia. |
Following their marriage in Mumbai, Dina and Neville divorced after 5 years in 1943. |
Dina was born on the same date as Pakistan's formation, August 14-15, at midnight. |
After Jinnah's death, she visited Karachi for the first time on September 11, 1948. |
In 2004, Dina's last visit to Pakistan was with her son, Nusli Wadia, and grandsons, Jehangir and Ness. |
In 2007, she filed a petition in the Bombay High Court to secure legal possession of South Court on Malabar Hill, valued at $400 million. |