Jawaharlal Nehru had always resisted registering Jinnah House as evacuee property. Over the years, Pakistan has made several attempts to get possession of the house for its consulate or as a memorial to the founder of their nation, but such moves have not been encouraged by India. A few years after Partition, the British deputy high commissioner began to reside in this house. But they left in 1982, after which the ministry of external affairs has managed the property.
Jinnah House is a monument to our recent history as the famous Jinnah-Gandhi talks were held here in 1944. Jinnah also met Subhash Chandra Bose and Nehru in this residence. After Partition, when Jinnah heard that India was debating what to do with his house, he told India’s first high commissioner to Pakistan, Sri Prakasa: "Tell Jawaharlal not to break my heart. I have built it brick by brick....You do not know how I love Bombay. I still look forward to going back there."
