30-1160: Female given name For other uses, see Dina (disambiguation) and DINA (disambiguation) . Dina / ˈ d iː n ə / ( Arabic : دينا Dīnā [ˈdiːnæ(ː)] ; Hebrew : דִּינָה Dinah [diˈna] is a female given name which is sometimes an alternative spelling of the names Dinah , Dena and Deena . Women [ edit ] Dina bint Abdul-Hamid (1929–2019), Queen consort of Jordan, first wife of King Hussein Princess Dina Mired of Jordan (born 1965), Princess of Jordan, wife of Prince Mired bin Ra'ad Dina Asher-Smith (born 1995), British sprinter and British 100m & 200m record holder Dina Averina (born 1998), Russian rhythmic gymnast Dina Babbitt (1923–2009), Czechoslovakian-born American painter and Holocaust survivor Dina Bélanger (1897–1929), Canadian beatified Catholic nun, mystic and musician Dina Boluarte (born 1962), Peruvian politician, civil servant, and lawyer; president of Peru since 2022 Dina Chandidas ,
60-675: A baronetcy . Dina's mother, Rattanbai, was the daughter of the second baronet. The Petit family disowned Dina's mother, Rattanbai, when she married Jinnah, who was twenty-four years older than her. Dina's parents were mismatched in age, religion, habits, temperament and views. These differences led them to separate shortly after Dina's birth, and Ruttie began living in the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel in Mumbai along with her infant daughter, Dina. After Ruttie's death in 1929, Jinnah's sister, Fatima Jinnah , moved in with Jinnah to help raise Dina, who
90-419: A 2017 American documentary film directed by Antonio Santini and Dan Sickles Dina, a genie in the 2002–2004 Spanish sitcom ¡Ala... Dina! Dina, the protagonist of the 2002 Norwegian film I Am Dina Dina (video game console) , released in 1986 Other uses [ edit ] Cyclone Dina , a 2002 cyclone Dina (annelid) , a genus of leeches in the family Erpobdellidae MFK Dina Moskva ,
120-477: A Russian futsal club based in Moscow See also [ edit ] DINA (disambiguation) Dyna Dhina (disambiguation) Dena (disambiguation) Dinah (disambiguation) Dinas (disambiguation) Dynas Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Dina . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
150-520: A bouquet through his driver, Abdul Hai, to the newly married couple. Their relationship was a matter of legal conjecture as Pakistani laws allow for a person to be disinherited for violating Islamic rules (in this case by a Muslim woman marrying a non-Muslim), and hence no claim of hers was entertained on the Pakistani properties of Jinnah. The Wadias lived in Bombay and had two children, a boy named Nusli and
180-502: A girl named Diana. The marriage did not last long, however, and she separated from Wadia in 1943; the couple never formally divorced because divorce was illegal in India at the time. Following the marriage, the father-daughter relationship became extremely formal, and he addressed her formally as 'Mrs. Wadia'. This, too, is contentious as Dina rebuffed this information calling it a rumour. In an interview with Hamid Mir , she said: "My father
210-414: A joy to her doting father." In November 1932, Jinnah read H. C. Armstrong's biography of Kemal Atatürk , Grey Wolf , and seemed to have found his own reflection in the story of Turkey's great modernist leader. It was all he talked about for a while at home, even to Dina, who consequently nicknamed him "Grey Wolf." Dina's relationship with her father became strained when she expressed her desire to marry
240-834: A medieval poet of Bengal Chhan Dina (born 1984), Cambodian painter and sculptor Dina Bonnevie (born 1961), Filipina actress Dina Carroll (born 1968), English singer Dina Doron , Israeli actress Dina Eastwood (born 1965), American reporter, news anchor and reality TV star, ex-wife of Clint Eastwood Dina Edling (1854–1935), Swedish opera singer Dina Feitelson (1926–1992), Israeli educator and professor Dina Ellermann (born 1980), Estonian dressage rider Dina Garipova (born 1991), Russian singer Dina Kotchetkova (born 1977), Russian artistic gymnast Dina Koston (1929?–2009), American pianist, music educator and composer Dina Lévi-Strauss or Dina Dreyfus (1911–1999), French ethnologist, anthropologist, sociologist and philosopher Dina Ali Lasloom , Saudi woman who
270-603: A writ petition before the Bombay High Court , claiming that Jinnah House could not be classified as "evacuee property", as her father had died without leaving behind a will and demanded that the house be handed over to her. In March 2004, Wadia visited Lahore , Pakistan, to watch a cricket match between Pakistan and India . She considered "cricket diplomacy" to be an enthralling dimension that illustrated an entirely new phase in relations between India and Pakistan. But she and her son Nusli chose not to share their thoughts with
300-573: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Dina (disambiguation) [REDACTED] Look up Dina or dina in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Dina may refer to: Places [ edit ] Dina, Alberta , a locality in Canada Dina, Pakistan , a town in the Punjab Dina Tehsil , the district surrounding
330-612: The Ismaili sect of Shia Muslims who are followers of the Aga Khan , and to the Lohana caste, Lohana Hindus who had converted to Islam centuries earlier. Dina's father, Jinnah, was the leader of the Pakistan movement and the founder of Pakistan. After achieving the partition of India on a religious basis and secured the creation of Pakistan as the homeland of British India 's Muslims, Jinnah became
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#1732852710652360-698: The mausoleum 's antiquities room. In one picture, she is standing with her father and Fatima Jinnah. The other is a painting of her mother. In the third, her father is dictating a letter, showing his political persona. Dina also went to the tomb of Madar-e-Millat Fatima Jinnah to pay respects to her aunt, to the Flagstaff House Pakistan to hoist the flag of Pakistan, and to her father's house Wazir Mansion . Dina died from pneumonia at her home in Madison Avenue in New York City on 2 November 2017, at
390-480: The Parsi-born Neville Wadia , who was the son of Sir Ness Wadia and Evelyne Clara Powell. Jinnah tried to dissuade her but failed. M. C. Chagla , who was Jinnah's assistant at the time, recalls: "Jinnah, in his usual imperious manner, told her that there were millions of Muslim boys in India, and she could have chosen anyone. Reminding her father that his wife had also been a non-Muslim and a Parsi as well,
420-613: The first Governor General of Pakistan . He was bestowed with the title Quaid-i-Azam or "Great Leader." Dina's maternal family, the Petit family were rich, titled, well-educated and highly Westernized. They belonged to the Parsi community and followed the Zoroastrian faith. Dina's great-grandfather, Dinshaw Maneckji Petit , founded the first cotton mill in India. This and many other contributions to industry, trade and philanthropy had earned him
450-495: The king Dina Wadia (1919–2017), daughter of Mohammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan Men [ edit ] Raja Dina Nath (1795–1857), Privy Seal and finance minister (Diwan) in the Punjab empire of Maharaja Ranjit Singh See also [ edit ] Dinah (given name) Dena (given name) Deena , a list of people with the given name [REDACTED] Name list This page or section lists people that share
480-491: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dina_(disambiguation)&oldid=1235459512 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Dina Wadia Dina Wadia ( née Jinnah ; 15 August 1919 – 2 November 2017)
510-516: The local newspapers in Bombay. The children are just recovering from their whooping cough, it will take another month yet. I am taking them to Juhu on Thursday for a month or so. Are you coming back here? If so, I hope you will drive out to Juhu and spend the day if you like. Anyway, I have a phone so I will ring you up and drive in to see you if you don’t feel like coming out. Take care of yourself Papa darling. Lots of love & kisses, Dina." Dina Wadia
540-567: The property, or at least lease it to its government as a tribute to its founder in order to convert it into their Consulate. Though P. V. Narasimha Rao , India's foreign minister in 1980, agreed in principle to lease Jinnah House as the residence of the Pakistani Consulate-General, the plan was never realised. Indian government sources subsequently said that the claim by Jinnah's heirs will be treated "sympathetically" and have no intention of handing it to Pakistan. In 2007, Dina filed
570-509: The public on what was certainly a highly emotional encounter. Wadia had not traveled to Pakistan since her father's funeral in September 1948. Wadia, Nusli and her grandsons Ness Wadia and Jehangir Wadia also visited the mausoleum of her father to pay homage. In the visitors' book, Wadia wrote: "This has been very sad and wonderful for me. May his dream for Pakistan come true." Reports said that she asked for copies of three pictures she saw in
600-748: The same given name . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change that link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dina&oldid=1259835018 " Categories : Given names Feminine given names Greek feminine given names Italian feminine given names Hebrew feminine given names Arabic-language feminine given names English-language feminine given names Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description matches Wikidata Articles containing Arabic-language text Pages with Arabic IPA Articles containing Hebrew-language text Pages with Hebrew IPA Short description
630-725: The town Dina, a village in India where Guru Gobind Singh wrote the letter Zafarnamah Dina river , Maharashtra, India People [ edit ] Dina (given name) , a female name with a list of notable people Dina (surname) , a surname also containing a list of people with that name Dina (belly dancer) , Egyptian belly dancer Dina Tala'at (born 1964) Dina (musician) , stage name of Norwegian pop musician Caroline Kongerud (born 1985) Dina (singer) , Portuguese singer and songwriter born Ondina Maria Farias Veloso in 1956 Dina Nadzir and Dina, stage names of Faradina Mohd. Nadzir, Malaysian Idol 2004 runner-up Arts and entertainment [ edit ] Dina (film) ,
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#1732852710652660-471: The young lady replied: 'Father, there were millions of Muslim girls in India. Why did you not marry one of them?' And he replied that, 'She became a Muslim(indicating that she had converted)'." Chagla recounted in his autobiography Roses in December that when Dina married Neville, her father said to her that she was not his daughter anymore. This story, however, is contentious as some say that Jinnah had sent
690-1012: Was deported from the Philippines back to Saudi Arabia Dina Litovsky (born 1979), Ukrainian-born photographer Dina Lohan (born 1962), American television personality Dina Manzo, former co-star of The Real Housewives of New Jersey and star of HGTV's Dina's Party Dina Merrill , stage name of Nedenia Marjorie Hutton (1923–2017), American actress, socialite and philanthropist Dina Meyer (born 1968), American actress Dina Miftakhutdynova (born 1973), Ukrainian rower Dina Porat , Israeli historian Dina Powell (born 1973), American business executive and former government officeholder Dina Pugliese (born 1974), Canadian TV personality Dina Stars , Cuban activist and YouTuber Dina Tala'at (born 1964), Egyptian belly dancer Dina Titus (born 1950), Nevada politician Dina Vinhofvers (1620–1651), Danish silk worker who made (and later retracted) an accusation of an assassination plot against
720-566: Was involved in litigation regarding her father's house in Bombay, informally called the Jinnah House , claiming that Hindu Law was applicable to Jinnah as he was a Khoja Shia . The house, which was built in 1936, had been classified as evacuee property after partition in 1947. In 1948, it was subsequently leased to the British Deputy High Commission which occupied it until 1982. Pakistan had since 1979 requested that India sell
750-422: Was legally amended to "Maryam Jinnah" after her conversion to Islam and marriage, though she did not use her new name). As Stanley Wolpert 's Jinnah of Pakistan records: "Oddly enough, precisely twenty-eight years to the day and hour before the birth of Jinnah's other offspring, Pakistan." Her premature arrival was unexpected — her parents were at the theatre but "were obliged to leave their box hurriedly." She
780-502: Was no more formal, and they had reunited as a family. The diary also revealed that Dina had visited Pakistan twice, once on her father's death, and then again for the 2004 India-Pakistan cricket match. She had been in regular touch with her aunt, Fatima. On 28 April 1947, In one of her letters to her father, Dina had said: "My darling Papa, First of all I must congratulate you — you got Pakistan …. how hard you have worked for it…I do hope you are keeping well — I get lots of news of you from
810-426: Was not a demonstrative man, but he was an affectionate father. My last meeting with him took place in Bombay in 1946. When I was about to depart, my father hugged Nusli (who was two years old then). The grey cap (Jinnah was wearing) caught Nusli’s fancy, and in a moment, my father put it on Nusli’s head, saying, 'Keep it my boy.'" After Dina's death, her personal diary revealed that her relationship with her father
840-616: Was reported to be "a dark-eyed beauty, lithe and winsome, with a smile like her mother's." Dina's paternal family were upstart merchants of high social status. Dina's paternal grandfather, Jinnahbhai Poonja , was a merchant who hailed from Gondal in Kathiawar , Gujarat , and had moved to Karachi in the mid-1870s. He had made money, but only a few of his many children managed to complete school. Nevertheless, he had been able to send one of his more academically promising sons, Muhammad Ali, to England for higher education. The family belonged to
870-664: Was the only child and daughter of Muhammad Ali Jinnah , the founding father of Pakistan , and Rattanbai Petit . Wadia belonged to some of the most prominent families of the Indian subcontinent, notably, the Jinnah family through her father and the Wadia family through her marriage to Neville Wadia in 1938. Dina was born in London , shortly after midnight, on 15 August 1919, to Muhammad Ali Jinnah , and his second wife, Rattanbai Petit (whose name
900-418: Was then 10 years old. Jinnah raised his daughter as a Muslim . According to Jinnah's chauffeur, Bradbury, Jinnah asked Fatima, "to teach her niece, Dina, about Islam and The Holy Qur'an ." During Jinnah's time in London , during 1930–33, Wolpert commented, "Dina was [Jinnah's] sole comfort, but Dina was away at school most of the time and home only for brief times, yet still the pampered daughter could be
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