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Jamshedji Framji (1877–1941), Indian police officer
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Jamshedji is both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include: *Jamshedji Duggan (1884–1957), Indian surgeon *Jamshedji Sorab Kukadaru (1831–1900), Indian priest *Jamshedji Framji Madan (1857–1923), Indian theatre and film magnate *Rustomji Jamshedji (1892–1976), Indian cricketer *Phiroze Jamshedji Jeejeebhoy, Indian businessman *Jivanji Jamshedji Modi (1854–1933), Indian priest *Kavasji Jamshedji Petigara Kavasji Jamshedji Petigara () (24 November 1877 – 28 March 1941) was the first Indian to become the Deputy Commissioner of Police of the Mumbai Police in 1928. He was in charge of the Crime Branch division and was noted for his intelligence ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jamshedji Duggan
Sir Jamshedji Nasarwanji Duggan (8 April 1884 – 15 January 1957) was an Indian ophthalmic surgeon, magistrate, and Sheriff of Mumbai in 1942. Biography Born in Mumbai (then Bombay), Duggan took a licentiate in medicine from the Grant Medical College in 1904, and joined the staff of the Sir Cowasji Jehangir Ophthalmic Hospital in Mumbai in 1906 as clinical registrar and tutor in ophthalmology. From 1908 to 1912, he studied in Vienna, Wiesbaden, and in London under several eminent ophthalmologists, including Hermann Pagenstecher and Edward Treacher Collins, receiving a doctorate in the field from Oxford University in 1912. He then returned to Mumbai, where he established a large practice and became the medical superintendent of the Sir C. Jehangir Ophthalmic Hospital. During the First World War, Duggan served as an Indian Medical Service (IMS) officer, and was the consultant ophthalmic surgeon to the designated wartime hospitals in Mumbai. He was appointed a justice of the p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jamshedji Sorab Kukadaru
Jamshedji Sorab Kukadaru (26 May 1831 – 4 October 1900) was a Zoroastrian priest in Mumbai, India. He was revered by Zoroastrians for a number of miracles he is believed to have performed. He was well known by his contemporaries for his simple lifestyle and asceticism, as well as his unflinching adherence to priestly purity rules. Most of his life is said to have been spent in prayer. Kukadaru was also an astrologer of some repute. He was renowned for his spirituality, particularly his healing and divination. He is also reported to have prophesied several events (including the deaths of certain people, such as Empress Victoria). Due to orthographic differences between English and Gujarati, he is also referred to as Dasturji Jamshedji Ervad Sohrabji Kookadaru Saheb and numerous other variations. Dasturji and Ervad are both honorific titles relating to his position as a priest, though they refer to different priestly ranks. This is unprecedented, as in his lifetime Kukadaru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jamshedji Framji Madan
Jamshedji Framji (27 April 1857, Bombay – 28 June 1923), professionally known as J. F. & Madan, was an Indian theatre and film magnate who was one of the pioneers of film production in India, an early exhibitor, distributor and producer of films and plays. He accumulated his wealth on the Parsi theatre district scene in Bombay in the 1890s where he owned two theatre companies. He moved to Calcutta in 1902 where he founded Elphinstone Bioscope Company, and began producing and exhibiting silent movies including Jyotish Sarkar's ''Bengal Partition Movement'' in 1905. He expanded his empire considerably after acquiring rights to Pathé Frères films. He produced ''Satyavadi Raja Harishchandra'' in 1917 and ''Bilwamangal'' in 1919. ''Satyavadi Raja Harishchandra'' was the first feature film to be shot in Calcutta. Elphinstone merged into Madan Theatre, Madan Theatres Limited in 1919 which brought adapted many of Bengali's most popular literary works to the stage. Madan Theatres was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rustomji Jamshedji
Rustomji Jamshedji Dorabji Jamshedji (18 November 1892 – 5 April 1976) was an Indian Test cricketer of the 1930s. Jamshedji was a little left-arm spinner who played a single Test for India. He made his debut at the age of 41 years and 27 days and is still the oldest Indian on his Test debut. In the Test at Bombay Gymkhana against England in 1933/34, he took three wickets in the England innings. Most of Jamshedji's noted successes were in the Bombay Quadrangular. Playing for Parsis, he took 11 for 122 in the 1922/23 final against the Hindus and 10 for 104 in the 1928/29 final against the Europeans. On the latter occasion, "wild scenes of jubilation were witnessed after the match and the Parsi team was mobbed by the admiring crowd". Jamshedji was chaired and carried to the pavilion . Jamshedji met the English left-arm spinner Wilfred Rhodes in the early 1920s when Rhodes played in the Bombay tournament. Rhodes is reported to have told Jamshedji: "If I had your powers of spin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phiroze Jamshedji Jeejeebhoy
Sir Phiroze Jamshedji Jeejeebhoy (1915–1980) was the Chairman of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) from 1966, until his death in 1980. The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) is the largest of its kind in India, and one of the busiest in the world. Jeejeebhoy was one of the longest-serving members of the BSE, and significantly impacted the course of its development. The building the BSE is currently housed in is located at Dalal Street in downtown Mumbai Mumbai ( ; ), also known as Bombay ( ; its official name until 1995), is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra. Mumbai is the financial capital and the most populous city proper of India with an estimated population of 12 ..., and was initially called the BSE Towers. After Jeejeebhoy's death, the building was renamed in his memory as Phiroze Jeejeebhoy Towers. References Parsi people 1980 deaths 1915 births {{india-business-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jivanji Jamshedji Modi
Dr. Sir Ervad Jivanji Jamshedji Modi (1854–1933), who also carried the title of Shams-ul-Ulama, was a prominent Zoroastrian Parsi-Indian priest, scholar and community leader in Bombay. One of "the most decorated priests in history", he wrote over 70 books, produced over 120 scholarly papers on Zoroastrian history, traveled and researched into Zoroastrian affairs extensively and was instrumental in organizing the Parsi community in India. During his lifetime he had been called "the greatest living authority on the ancient history and customs of the Parsis." He created a facsimile edition of the Middle Persian legal treatise, Mādayān ī Hazār Dādestān in 1901. Books * The Religious Ceremonies and Customs of the Parsees (1922) * My Travels Outside Bombay (written in Gujarati (1926) Honors and awards * B.A. (Bombay University, 1876) * Fellow of the University of Bombay (1887) * Dip. Litteris et Artibus (Sweden, 1889) * Shams-Ul-Ulama (Government of British India, 1893) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |