PETIT, SIR DINSHAW MANECKJI, BART

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PETIT, SIR DINSHAW MANECKJI, BART . (18231901), Parsee philanthropist, was born on the 3oth of June 1823. As broker to

European

firms he amassed a large fortune during the period of speculation in Bombay at the time of the American Civil War. In 1886 he became a member of the

governor

-general's legislative

council

. He devoted his wealth to philanthropic objects, among the public and private charities which he endowed being the Towers of Silence and

fire

temples of the Parsees, a

hospital

for animals, a college for

women

, and the Petit

hospital

. He was knighted in 1887, created a

baronet

in 1890, and died in

February

19o1.

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