reunited with her long-lost brother after six decades (60 years) – and
discovered he’s now one of the richest men in the world.
platform 60 years ago…
troubles, had built up one of the largest logistic companies in India – and in
turn become one of the world’s richest men.
His fortune placed him at No.45 on Forbes’ top 100 Indian business
owners list in 2017 – and now he was heading to Irvine to see the adopted sister
he had never forgotten.
Great-gran Ida, 83, told the Daily Record:
“I hadn’t seen Asgar in so long. It turns out he’d spent
years searching for his adopted Scottish family but we moved out of Glasgow and
he couldn’t find us.
“Then out of the blue I got a message on Facebook from
Asgar and it was just lovely to hear from him again.
“I couldn’t believe he had spotted my photograph after
all these years – it was a miracle really. I’d said goodbye to a wee boy and now
he was returning a hugely successful multi-millionaire. It was
surreal.”
Back in 1947, Ida was a child growing up in the west end
of Glasgow. At the stroke of midnight on August 15 that year, British rule was
ended in India after a long struggle and the territory separated into two new
countries, India and Pakistan.
state in the largest mass migration in human history, with the majority of
Hindus staying in India and a host of Muslims moving to Pakistan.
The split sparked riots between the two religions, with up to one
million people losing their lives.
After six decades Asgar, now 78, spotted a
picture of Ida holding a bunch of flowers at a family wedding which had been
posted on Facebook.
Ida was stunned to hear from her long-lost brother and had given
up all hope of ever seeing him.
companies in India and is one of the country’s richest men.
He travelled to Irvine in August to visit Ida at her home and she says
seeing him again was a special and emotional moment.
She said: “I just couldn’t believe it. He’s done so well for himself
and he’s still such a genuine and lovely person. We chatted away for ages and he
told me all about his family. He wants to fly me to Dubai to meet them and he’s
coming back to visit again next year.
after so many years apart.”
