Partner Preity Zinta (2005–2009) Siblings Jehangir Wadia | Name Wadia family Role Businessman | |
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Members Ardaseer CursetjeeBahman Pestonji WadiaDarashaw Nosherwan WadiaLovji Nusserwanjee WadiaNeville WadiaDina JinnahNusli WadiaNess WadiaJehangir Wadia Parents Nusli Wadia, Maureen Wadia Education Tufts University, University of Warwick | ||
Grandparents Dina Wadia, Neville Wadia | ||
Wadia family exploring out of court settlement with preity
The Wadia family is an Indian Parsi family from Surat currently based in Mumbai. They are related to the Jinnah family: Neville Wadia, married Dina Jinnah, the only daughter of Muhammad Ali Jinnah and Rattanbai Petit. The present head of the house is Nusli Wadia, son of Neville and Dina, who runs the Wadia Group of companies.
Contents
- Wadia family exploring out of court settlement with preity
- Ness Wadia
- History
- Notable members
- References
Ness Wadia
History
Lovji Nusserwanjee Wadia began the Wadia shipbuilding dynasty in 1736, when he obtained a contract from the British East India Company for building docks and ships in Bombay (present-day Mumbai). Although the Wadias would eventually come to be considered a Bombay family, many of them remained in Surat, where one branch of the family established a ship breaking yard (where ships are dismantled) that remains one of the largest of its kind in the world.
By the 1840s, the family was one of the leading forces in the Indian shipbuilding industry. By that time they had built over a hundred warships for the British and had trading networks around the world.
The Star Spangled Banner, the national anthem of the United States, was written in 1812 on a Wadia built British Navy ship, the HMS Minden. In 1849, Ardeshir Cursetji Wadia became the first Parsi to visit United States.
They have endowed Nowrosjee Wadia College in Pune. Lovji Nusserwanjee Wadia's great grandsons, JBH Wadia and Homi Wadia founded Wadia Movietone in 1933, which had its studios at Lovji Castle (Lovejee Castle) in Chembur, Mumbai. The company has its logo as a ship, honouring their family legacy.