The businessman lost his Crane bank and sizeable assets earlier this year in a liquidation move by the central bank, and is still embroiled in court cases over the same.
Rajiv, whose parents have been married for 40 years, is being groomed to step into his father’s big shoes and last week he demonstrated that he can emulate the senior Ruparelia both in business and his personal life.
In a beautiful wedding, he exchanged vows with his university sweetheart Naiya Khagram at Grosvenor House, Park Lane, London.
The bride is a daughter to Sudheer and Ritaz Khagram, a wealthy family based in London. The Khagram family is into real estate.
Like all Ruparelia weddings, this one did not go down without a big budget that involved weeklong celebrations.
They seem to understand the meaning of ‘go big, or go home’. Stag parties started in Spain, before moving to London where at least 100 guests, including business associates, diplomats, ministers, MPs and friends flew in from Uganda.
The guest list included businessmen Tom Mugenga, Patrick Bitature, Ham Kiggundu and Godfrey Kirumira with his wife, as well as artiste Bebe Cool and former minister John Nasasira, among others.
Rajiv and his entourage wore grey suits, white shirts and peach bow ties (matching ties for the groom and his proud father) while the bride wore a beautiful off shoulder white gown.
The groom later changed into a black tuxedo with matching bow tie while Naiya changed to a gold sequined gown for the reception.
Festivities are expected to continue at Commonwealth Resort Munyonyo when the family returns to celebrate with their Ugandan friends. Sudhir’s other children, Meera and Sheena, are married to Ravi Kotecha and Jay Sakaria, respectively.
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