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A Private and Poignant Chapter from the Quaid's life

A poignant extract taken from G Allana's Quaid-i-Azam Jinnah: The Story of a Nation based on the narrative of a chauffeur of Mr Jinnah who later was a famous film actor in Pakistan

Dina as a young girl

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Mr Jinnah with his wife and daughter

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The Family

Jinnah's Father With Fatima Jinnah With Fatima Jinnah Quaid with daughter, Dina With Fatima Jinnah With Fatima Jinnah Jinnah in familydress December(1896) With Fatima Jinnah With Fatima Jinnah Jinnah's Wife (Mrs.Ruttenbai Jinnah) With Fatima jinnah & Daughter, Dina Quaid's brother Ahmed Ali with Wife

Quaid-e-Azam with his daughter and pets

Another picture of Miss Dina at Hampstead in 1931

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Miss Dina Jinnah - beloved daughter of Mr Jinnah

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Jinnah with his sister Fatima and daughter Dina

Jinnah with his sister Fatima and daughter Dina , originally uploaded by Doc Kazi . Dina was born on 15 August 1919

Dina

Exactly 28 years before the birth of Pakistan, Dina was born on August 14, 1919 at midnight. Jinnah's only child, she was his sole comfort after the death of his wife. Though away at school most of the time, she was home briefly for holidays. A dark eyed beauty, she was a charming young girl. She had her mother's smile and was pampered by her doting father. After her mother's death, Fatima took the responsibility of her care. While living in London, Dina would cajole and pester her father to take her to a pantomime on High Road insisting that she was on holidays and must be entertained. The time was a blissful one spent in London. But they later grew apart, Dina never joined her father in Pakistan. She came to Karachi only for his funeral. The relationship was marred by the fact that Dina wanted to marry a Parsi-born Christian, Neville Wadia. Jinnah tried to dissuade her, just like Sir Dinshaw had tried to influence his daughter many years ago, but to no avail. Justice