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Time for a new thread. We really whizzed through the earlier thread so quick. Keep up the pace and start posting.
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Posted: 11 years ago
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I was just reading the connection between Jinnah and the Wadias... Just posting the info here below.
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His father Jinnabhai Poonja was a prosperous merchant, who married a Hindu (?) woman, named Mithibai. His father later on moved to Karachi in Pakistan before Jinnah's birth. He was the eldest of seven children of Mithibai and Jinnabhai.

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Sir Dinshaw Petit, a Parsi and a rich merchant of Mumbai, was a friend of Jinnah. In 1916, Jinnah, a widower of 40, took shelter in the house of Sir Dinshaw for taking rest and regaining health. Sir Dinshaw had an extremely charming 16-year-old daughter called Ratanbai, nick-named Ruttie. At the first sight, Jinnah decided that he must seduce this pretty girl, who was more or less like his daughter. One day, while chatting with Sir Dinshaw, Jinnah asked his opinion about interreligious marriage. Sir Dinshaw failed to grasp the real intention of Jinnah and replied that he was in favour of such marriages as it may help make a bridge between various religious communities in the country. All on a sudden, Jinnah said, "I want to marry your daughter Ruttie." The proposal made Dinshaw terribly upset, and said that he was not ready to give Ruttie to him in marriage. Meanwhile, Jinnah had succeeded in seducing Ruttie, and they decided to marry. To arrest the marriage, Sir Dinshaw went to court.

Meanwhile, Ruttie attained the age of 18, and hence court could not prevent the marriage. On 19th April, 1918, Jinnah married Ruttie, of course after converting her to Islam. However, Ratanbai's marriage to Jinnah soon turned extremely unhappy and ended in tragedy. Ratanbia left Jinnah and lived alone for long time before committing suicide in the Taj Mahal Hotel in Bombay, about a decade after tying the knot with Jinnah.

Meanwhile Ruttie bore a female child, named Dina, to Jinnah on 14th August, 1919. And crisis also appeared when a grown-up Dina wanted to marry a Parsi young man called Neville Wadia.

Neville Ness Wadia was a Mumbai businessman, philanthropist and a member of the renowned Wadia family. It was an old and affluent family which, by the 1840's, was one of the leading forces in the Indian shipbuilding industry and built over a hundred warships for the British and established a trading network around the world... Although he was born a Parsi, his father renounced the Zoroastrian faith and converted to Christianity. Wadia converted from Christianity to Zoroastrianism again later in life. During the late 19th century, his father played an important role in turning the city of Mumbai into one of the world's largest cotton trading centres. In 1952, Neville Waida succeeded his father as chairman of the famous textile firm, Bombay Dyeing. Under his leadership, the company became one of India's most successful and quality-conscious textile concerns.

When Dina expressed his desire to marry Neville, the toughest opposition came from her father Jinnah. He asked his daughter " "Why are you going to marry a Pari boy, while there are so many nice Muslim guys in this country?" Dina replied, "Why did you run after a Parsi girl, despite there were many pretty Muslim girls in the country?" Obviously, he failed to give reply to that question of Dina.

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Posted: 11 years ago
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Dina's son is Nusli Wadia.
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Posted: 11 years ago
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I knew that Jinnah's daughter married a Parsi. Had no idea it was the Wadia family. Btw, was that Dinshaw E. Wacha whose daughter Jinnah eloped?
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Posted: 11 years ago
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Dinshaw petit is different from Dinshaw Eduljee Wacha.
Dinshaw Wacha was a politician while Dinshaw Petit was a merchant.
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Posted: 11 years ago
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Originally posted by: bollyd

I really liked Ranjit Chowdhry in Baaton Baaton mein. He was cute with that huge head of hair, like ARK had in action replay😆 Interesting he moved to the west & did fairly well. I don't think he would have been Bollywood material. He reminds me of Roshan seth for some reason😕


Same here. 😆

& Deepa Mehta as well. I see Ranjit, I think "Deepa Mehta's kumbh bro?".

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Posted: 11 years ago
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I was pleasantly surprised when I caught Ranjit Choudhury on an eppy of 'Prison Break'. He plays a veterinarian and T-Bag kills him. He was talented.
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Posted: 11 years ago
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Jinnah...Nehru...both of these gentleman,if they can be called that, did not practice what they preached. Double standards ki pitaari...
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Posted: 11 years ago
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Did Chachajaan have any rangraliyas apart from Mount-batten sahiba?

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