K. M. Nanavati (Rustom Pavri) Age, Death, Wife, Children, Family, Biography & More

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Religion: Zoroastrianism

Age: 79 Years

Wife: Sylvia

Bio
Full Name	Kawas Manekshaw Nanavati
Profession	Commander, Indian Navy
Physical Stats & More
Height (approx.)	in centimeters- 183 cm in meters- 1.83 m in feet inches- 6'
Weight (approx.)	in kilograms- 65 kg in pounds- 143 lbs
Eye Colour	Black
Hair Colour	Black
Personal Life
Date of Birth	Year 1925
Birth Place	Not Known
Date of Death	24 July 2003
Place of Death	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Age (at the time of death)	79 Years
Death Cause	Not Known
Zodiac sign/Sun sign	Not Known
Nationality	Indian
Hometown	Not Known
School	Not Known
College/University	Royal Navy College, Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire, United States
Educational Qualification	Not Known
Family	Father: Manekshaw Nanavati Mother: Mehra Nanavati Brother: Hoshang (Younger brother) Sister: Bapsi Sidhwa (writer,Cousin-Sister)
Religion	Zoroastrianism
Address	Cuffe Parade, South Mumbai, India
Controversy	On 27 April 1959, an incident that caught him in a controversy was that he had murdered a Sindhi Businessman, Prem Ahuja, who was alleged of being in an affair with his wife, Sylvia Nanavati.
Girls, Affairs and More
Marital Status	Married
Affairs/Girlfriends	Sylvia
Wife/Spouse	Sylvia Nanavati
Marriage Date	July 1949
Children	Sons- Pheroze Nanavati and 1 more Daughter- Tannaz

Some Lesser Known Facts About K M Nanavati

K. M. Nanavati was a Senior Commander with the Indian Navy and was settled in Mumbai with his wife and children.

His wife was a British woman and met him in England, where Nanavati lived during the days of his naval training.

On 27 April 1959, when he came back from his voyage, he found something amiss about his wife and asked her about it. Later, she confessed about her affair with Prem Ahuja, the Sindhi Businessman of Bombay.

As per a report, he, on the very same day, dropped his wife and children to the ‘Metro Cinema,’ a movie theatre and went to a Naval Base in Mumbai, from where he had picked his service pistol.

After the Naval Base, he went to his flat where he shot him thrice on his chest.
Story of his Case Covered by Blitz

After murdering the businessman, he unloaded his gun and went to the Provost Marshal of the Western Naval Command to surrender himself. After which, the police has taken him into his custody for several trials.

Prem Ahuja’s sister, Mamie Ahuja, filed a case against him for murdering her brother.

The real story after he got acquitted by getting 8-1 votes from the jury, the judge declared the decision as a perverted action and referred the case to the Bombay High Court, which sentenced Nanavati to life imprisonment. He was then pardoned after three years, by the then governor of Maharashtra, Vijaylakshmi Pandit, on account of ethnic-political machinations.

After he got pardoned by the then Governor, he left the country and got settled with his wife and children in Ontario, Canada.

A Tabloid named, Blitz, had covered all the updates of his case and had played an important role in framing the sympathetical story in the brains of the common people. At that time, a copy of Blitz sold for 2 rupees per copy, which raised up from the normal rate of 25 paise.
Blitz Tabloid Which Covered the Nanavati Case

Once a newspaper, Hindustan Times, also tried to contact him, but he denied to recall his memory about the case and refused to his meeting with the newspaper by writing a letter.
K M Nanavati’s Reply to Hindustan Times

The story of his case had taken the attention of various filmmakers and three films were made which showed the plot of his case. These films are Achanak (1973), Yeh Raastey Hain Pyar Ke (1963, and Roustam (2016).