Revellers take Gudi Padwa to Jinnah House

  • | Wednesday | 29th March, 2017

Time to click: A BJP worker placing a Gudi at the gate of Jinah House at Malbar Hill on Gudi Padwa on Tuesday. Some people celebrating Gudi Padwa on Tuesday hoisted a symbol of the festival at the entrance to Jinnah House, where Pakistan’s founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah lived when he was a lawyer. In 1949, the government of India notified Jinnah House as an evacuee property. According to residents, a group of people from various organisations hoisted Gudi at around 8 a.m. and offered prayers. Jinnah House, located at Malabar Hill, is maintained by the Public Works Department.

Time to click: A BJP worker placing a Gudi at the gate of Jinah House at Malbar Hill on Gudi Padwa on Tuesday. more-in Some people celebrating Gudi Padwa on Tuesday hoisted a symbol of the festival at the entrance to Jinnah House, where Pakistan’s founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah lived when he was a lawyer. Jinnah House, located at Malabar Hill, is maintained by the Public Works Department. According to residents, a group of people from various organisations hoisted Gudi at around 8 a.m. and offered prayers. Jinnah stayed in the house till the partition in 1947, after which he moved to Karachi. The sprawling mansion, opposite the Maharashtra Chief Minister’s official bungalow, has been lying vacant for long. In 1949, the government of India notified Jinnah House as an evacuee property. BJP MLA Mangal Prabhat Lodha had demanded recently that the house be demolished and a cultural centre be built in its place.

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