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Dictionary of Indian Biography M to R

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Date transcribed	2011-08-00
Transcribed by	Peter Bailey
Comment	Note that notables of Indian, Afghan, etc. origin do not always follow the alphabetical name patterns established by Buckland in his original work.

	Surname	Rustomji
	First Name(s)	Heerjibhoy Manackji
	Birth Year	1845
	Death Year	1904
	Entry	Born May 12, 1845 : son of Manackji Rustomji (q.v.), Sheriff of Calcutta : educated at St. Paul's School, Calcutta, 1854-61, and Calcutta University : became Deputy Accountant of the National Bank at Bombay : returned to Calcutta, 1866, and went into business : Member of the Corporation of Calcutta since 1882 : elected, 1892, Head of the Parsis on his father's death: Consul for Persia in Calcutta, and Fellow of Calcutta University : Vice- President of the Bengal National Chamber of Commerce : Sheriff of Calcutta, 1901-2 : a distinguished Freemason : Justice of the Peace : Hony. Magistrate : held a number of lesser offices : C.I.E., 1903 : died May 8, 1904.

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