Maryam Jinnah

Maryam Jinnah (Gujarati: મરયમ જિન્નાહ, before marriage Rattanbai "Ruttie" Petit (Gujarati: રાત્તાન્બાઈ પેતીત; "The Flower of Bombay"); February 20, 1900 – February 20, 1929), was the second wife of Muhammad Ali Jinnah—an important figure in the Indian Independence Movement and later founder of Pakistan.

She was the only daughter of Sir Dinshaw Petit, who in turn, was the son of Dinshaw Maneckji Petit, founder of the first cotton mills in India. The Petits were textile magnates and one of Bombay's wealthiest Parsi families.

Read more about Maryam Jinnah:  Ruttie, First Meeting With Jinnah, Jinnah's Proposal, The Wedding, Early Years of Marriage, The Marriage Problems, Deteriorating Health, Last Days and Tragic End, Romance and Legacy, Bibliographic References