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 Dictionary of Indian Biography A to C
| Date transcribed | 2011-01-01 | | Transcribed by | Peter Bailey | | Comment | Note that notables of Indian, Afghan, etc. origin do not always follow the alphabetical name pattern established by Buckland in his original work. |
| | Surname | Banaji | | | First Name(s) | Framji Cowasji | | | Year of Birth | 1767 | | | Year of Death | 1851 | | | Entry | Born in Bombay April 3, 1767 : son of Cowasji Byramji (1744-1834) merchant, and of a family which settled in Bombay from near Surat, 1690, and traded with England, China and Burma. He was a scientific agriculturist, and improved agriculture in W. India : took a leading part in establishing the Agri-Horticultural Society of Bombay, 1830 : was a Vice-President : the Bombay Government gave him, 1829, some villages in Salsette, where he settled cultivators, and successfully managed the Pawai estate : instituted many charities for the native community : some for the Parsis : made wells and tombs : a large Tower of Silence, 1832 : a Fire Temple, 1845 : a school for Parsi children, for instruction in the Avesta : was a leading member of the Parsi panchayat, 1817-51, and an original Trustee of their communal funds from 1823 : was a prominent member of the Native Education Society from 1827, of the Elphinstone College committee from 1835 : Director of the Board of Education from 1841 : was nominated, 1834, one of the first 12 native J.P.s : a Government Director of the Savings' Bank : helped to establish the old Bombay Bank, 1840 : Director of the G.I.P. Railway, 1844 : suffered pecuniary losses in his business, which curtailed his means, but not his zeal, for philanthropic charity : died Feb. 12, 1851 : after a public meeting of all classes, the Framji Institute was erected in his memory, where public meetings are generally held, and an extensive Library is located. |
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