The most vivid memory Mohamed Rajabally Ebrahim, 75, has of visiting Jinnah House, is that of his father taking him to meet Mohammad Ali Jinnah at the sprawling Malabar Hill bungalow on Eid.
The memory is etched in a grainy, black-and-white photograph that shows a shy Ebrahim standing beside his impeccably-dressed maternal grand-uncle, Jinnah, founder of Pakistan, barely reaching up to his coat hem in front of the art-deco bungalow.
Sixty years after Jinnahs death, Ebrahim has boldly locked horns with his aunt, Dina Wadia, Jinnahs only daughter, to claim his rightful share in the 2.5 acre Jinnah House property, valued at approximately Rs2,000 crores. Refuting Wadias claim before the Bombay High Court that she alone is entitled to the property being Jinnahs sole legal heir, Ebrahim has not only intervened in the petition filed by her but has also filed a separate petition stating that the Indian government has no right to squat over Jinnah House after the repeal of the Displaced Persons (DP) Act in 2005.
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