''Seth'' Bomanjee Dinshaw Petit (27 March 1859 – 17 December 1915)''Parsi Statues'', Marzban Jamshedji Giara, 2000, p. 197 was a noted cotton mill owner, founder of the B. D. Petit Parsee General Hospital and a philanthropist from

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. Petit was born on 27 March 1859 into the business influential Petit family. He was the third son of the industrialist

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, the 1st Baronet and his wife, Sakarbai Panday. He was married to Goolbai Jeejeebhoy. His sons, Jehangir Bomanji Petit, Dhunjibhoy Bomanji Petit and Pherozesha Bomanji Petit later inherited most of the family’s business. Noted activist

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and

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were his nieces. Bomanji Dinshaw Petit inherited a large portion of his father's estate and was owner of Petit Mills. He was one of the founders of the

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to which he donated £6,666. In a letter to Sir Francis Lovell (Dean of the School), quoted in ''

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'' in 1902, he wrote the following about the school: Bomanji Dinshaw Petit was the President of the Mill Owners' Association; a Director of the

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for ten years and served as its President in 1903.''The B. D. Petit Parsee General Hospital, 1912–1972'', Maneckji D. Petit, Homi Shapurji Mehta, P. S. Jhabvala, 1973 He founded the Bomanjee Dinshaw Petit Parsee General Hospital and served as its President for many years. He was father of Jehangir Bomanji Petit, who impressed on him to make the munificent donation of the property called Cumballa Hotel; this led to the foundation of Bomanjee Dinshaw Petit Parsee General Hospital in 1907. He was on the Board of the

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, Vice-President of Bombay Presidency Association, and founder and Managing Director of the newspaper ''Indian Daily Mail''.''Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage, and Companionage'', 1931, pp 614 Seth Bomanji Dinshaw Petit died on 17 December 1915.

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