Idi Amin expelled Indians from Uganda
Unlike many others, they didn't stay. Jyotsna told Outlook, "Sudhir never got used to the UK. He returned in 1985, and I joined him in 1986. We're much happier here than we were in London." With reason—life in London offered little beyond the basic middle-class comfort. Back in Uganda, the Ruparelias took a shop and began selling beer and soda. "It worked out perfect," says Jyotsna. Today their Meera group of companies owns banks, foreign exchange centres, hotels, resorts, insurance companies and more. Jyotsna is described as the most successful Asian woman in Africa; Sudhir is called Uganda's "money magnate".