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Parsi The Parsis or Parsees () are a Zoroastrian ethnic group in the Indian subcontinent. They are descended from Persian refugees who migrated to the Indian subcontinent during and after the Arab-Islamic conquest of Iran in the 7th century, w ...
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* Sorabji Colah (1902–1950), Indian cricketer *
Sorabji Pochkhanawala Sir Sorabji Nusserwanji Pochkhanawala (9 August 1881 – 4 July 1937)''Who's Who, 1936'', p. 2695 was an Indian Parsi banker and one of the founders of the Central Bank of India. Early life Sorabji Pochkhanawala was born in Bombay (Mumbai) ...
(1881–1937), Indian banker and one of the founders of the
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Alice Maude Sorabji Pennell Alice Maude Sorabji Pennell OBE (July 17, 1874 – March 7, 1951) was an Indian physician and writer. She was the daughter and wife of Christian missionaries, and the first woman in India to earn a bachelor of science degree. Early life Alice Mau ...
(1874–1951), Indian physician and writer *
Cornelia Sorabji Cornelia Sorabji (15 November 1866 – 6 July 1954) was an Indian lawyer, social reformer and writer. She was the first female graduate from Bombay University, and the first woman to study law at Oxford University. Returning to India after her ...
(1866–1954), first woman barrister from India, social reformer and writer * Francina Sorabji (1833–1910), Indian educator and Christian missionary, mother of Cornelia, Susie, and Alice Maude Sorabji *
Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji (born Leon Dudley Sorabji; 14 August 1892 – 15 October 1988) was an English composer, music critic, pianist and writer whose music, written over a period of seventy years, ranges from sets of miniatures to wor ...
(1892–1988), English composer, music critic, pianist and writer *
Richard Sorabji Sir Richard Rustom Kharsedji Sorabji, (born 8 November 1934) is a British historian of ancient Western philosophy, and Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at King's College London. He is the nephew of Cornelia Sorabji. Life Richard Sorabji was b ...
(born 1934), British historian of philosophy * Susie Sorabji (1868–1931), Indian educator and Christian missionary *
Soli Sorabjee Soli Jehangir Sorabjee, AM (9 March 193030 April 2021) was an Indian jurist who served as Attorney-General for India from 1989 to 1990, and again from 1998 to 2004. In 2002, he received the Padma Vibhushan for his defence of the freedom of ex ...
(1930–2021), Indian
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