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VURJEEVANDAS MADHOWDAS (1817-1896)

This article appears in Volume V28, Page 222 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: VIR-WAT
VURJEEVANDAS MADHOWDAS (1817-1896) , Hindu merchant of Bombay, of the Kapole Bania
caste
 , was born on the 28th of January 1817 at Gogla, in Kathiawar, whence his father came to Bombay with Sheth Manoredas for trading purposes. Vurjeevandas was educated in Bombay, started a new firm under the name of Vurjeevandas & Sons, and soon became one of the wealthiest merchants in Bombay. He was appointed a
justice
  of the peace and a member of the Bombay Port Trust. He took a keen
interest
  in the Royal Asiatic Society and the Bombay university, where a prize has been established to commemorate his name. He constructed the Madhow
Bang
  in memory of his father, and gave it to the use of poor Hindus, endowing it with nearly five lakhs of rupees. He built a rest-
house
  in Bombay in memory of his brother Mooljibhoy, and another one at Nasik. The sanatorium which he built in memory of his youngest son Rumhoredas at Sion Hill is a
great
  boon to the poor
people
  of his community. He also established a dispensary at Matoonga and a fund for the relief of indigent Hindus. He died on the 12th of January 1896.


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