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Dec 25, 2023 · Rattanbai Jinnah. Eighteen-year-old Rattanbai, a Parsi woman, married Jinnah in early 1918 against her father’s wishes. Jinnah, 42, was far from an ideal suitor — he was not only her father’s age but also from a different religion.
Excerpted with permission from 'Ruttie Jinnah: The Woman who stood defiant' by Dr Saad S. Khan, published by Penguin Random House.
21/Jan/2021. The marriage between Rattanbai Petit and Mohammad Ali Jinnah, in 1918, was nothing short of a box-office thriller. It indeed was ‘the marriage that shook India’, as Sheela...
Dec 7, 2012 · Jinnahs wife Rattanbai Petit paid a very heavy price after marrying Jinnah.She lost the relationship with her parents father and mother,She lost her health and finally it was due to...
Rattanbai Jinnah (1900–1929) She belonged to the Petit family and was the granddaughter of industrialist Dinshaw Maneckji Petit. She was disowned by her family upon converting to Islam and marrying Jinnah, however it was only after the birth of her daughter, Dina, that she reconciled with her family.
Aug 24, 2018 · Saira Khan writes about “Mr. and Mrs. Jinnah,” by Sheela Reddy, a book about a scandalous marriage between a reclusive Pakistani barrister and his teen-age bride.
Jinnah and Ruttie met at the Petit Chateau in Darjeeling; Rattanbai Petit, the 16-year-old daughter of the rich Parsi Baronet Sir Dinshaw Petit and Jinnah, a established lawyer and a politician. He was twice her age and a Muslim. They married in secret two years later, on April 19, 1918 after she converted to Islam.
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