Hirji Vacha Modi, known by many orthographic variations, including ''Mody Hirjee Wacha'', was a wealthy

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businessman who was responsible for constructing the first Parsi Tower of Silence in

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in 1672. He also built the first fire temple in Mumbai in the Modikhana area of

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in 1671. This was later destroyed in the great fire of 1803. He was also a founder of the Bombay Parsi Punchayet.

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