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 Dictionary of Indian Biography A to C

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Date transcribed2011-01-01
Transcribed byPeter Bailey
CommentNote that notables of Indian, Afghan, etc. origin do not always follow the alphabetical name pattern established by Buckland in his original work.

Surname  Bengali    
First Name(s)  Sorabji Shapurji    
Year of Birth  1831    
Year of Death  1893    
Entry  Born Feb. 15, 1831 : son of a Calcutta merchant : educated at the Education Society's school (now Elphinstone High School) in Bombay : employed in the Bombay branch of the Bank of Ceylon and subsequently in the Commercial Bank of India : went, in 1853, to the Mercantile Bank and, in 1858, became Assistant to Muncherji Framji Cama : was well read in Gujarati and English and brought out several Gujarati periodicals. In 1868, he visited Europe. He assisted Naoroji Furdunji {q.v.) in advocating social and political reforms : they were joint Honorary Secretaries to the Parsi Law Association from 1855, which obtained certain legislative measures for the Parsis : in 1 871 he was consulted by the Governor of Bombay on the new Municipal Act, became a Member of the Bombay Corporation, and, in 1876, a Member of the Bombay Legislative Council ; was a Fellow of the Bombay University : owing to his exertions, the Indian Factory Act of 1881 became law : in 1881 he was made C.I.E. and Sheriff of Bombay : in 1885, was a member of the Abkari Commission : died April 4, 1893.     
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