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Pakistan founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah’s daughter Dina Wadia passes away at 98

Jinnah had raised Dina alone after his separation from his wife Rattanbai Petit. 

Pakistan founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah’s daughter Dina Wadia passes away at 98

New Delhi: Pakistan founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah’s only daughter Dina Wadia passed away at the age of 98 in New York on Thursday, a media report said.

Jinnah had raised Dina alone after his separation from his wife Rattanbai Petit. She was born in August 1919.

However, their relationship was strained after she fell in love with an Indian Parsi named Neville Wadia with whom she eventually got married.

Dina and Neville lived in Mumbai and had two children.

She first visited Pakistan in 1948 when she lost her father, just a year after Pakistan was created.