View Jinnah House In India Pictures. The indian lawyer who came from bombay to settle jinnah's affairs told prakasa that jinnah had left his house to fatima in his will. Watch my full vlog to see my visit to his house old ancestral home in moti paneli village of gujarat in india.

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It is a government of india's property and we are in the process of renovating it, external affairs ministry. When informed by sri prakasa, india's high commissioner, that jawaharlal nehru had asked him to inform jinnah that his malabar hill house would have to be. Jinnah's daughter dina wadia had in august 2007 approached the bombay high court claiming that being the sole legal heir of jinnah, she should get the possession of the house.

Jinnah house, once owned by pakistan's founding father muhammad ali jinnah, is in the news once again after parliament recently passed the enemy property bill, 2016 which says successors of those who migrated to pakistan during partition will have no claim over the properties left behind in india.

Jawaharlal nehru and his government, aware of jinnah's deep attachment to the house, kept it from being declared as enemy property. Earlier, indian minister for external affairs, shusma swaraj had announced that on the directive of prime minister house, jinnah house would be india has to honor its commitment. in 2007, ms. After her death, her son and wadia group chairman nusli neville wadia is carrying on the litigation. It was probably soon after that the indian government purchased the house from fatima, but the british high commission continued to rent it on a short lease.