Bomanjee Dinshaw Petit

Seth Bomanjee Dinshaw Petit (27 March 1859 - 17 December 1915)[1] was son of the late Sir Dinshaw Maneckjee Petit, Bart and a noted cotton mill owner, philanthropist from Bombay.

He was born on 27 March 1859 and was third son of Sir Dinshaw Maneckjee Petit. He inherited a large portion of his father's estate was owner of Petit Mills. He was one of the founders of the London School of Tropical Medicine and donated £6,666.[2] He was the President of Mill Owners' Association; a Director of Bank of Bombay for ten years and served as its President in 1903.[3] He founded the Bomanjee Dinshaw Petit Parsee General Hospital and also served as its president for many years.[4] He was father of Jehangir Bomanji Petit, who impressed on him to give a munificent donation viz. of the immovable property called "Cumballa Hotel" at Cumballa and this led to foundation of Bomanjee Dinshaw Petit Parsee General Hospital in year 1907[3] He was on the board of Victoria Jubilee Technical Institute, and Vice-President of Bombay Presidency Association; and founder cum Managing Director of the newspaper, Indian Daily Mail.[5]

He died on 17 December 1915.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Parsi Statues by Marzban Jamshedji Giara - 2000 - Page 197
  2. ↑ Medical Record - Volume 70 by George Frederick Shrady, Thomas Lathrop Stedman - 1906- Page 26
  3. 1 2 The B.D. Petit Parsee General Hospital, 1912-1972 by Maneckji D. Petit, Homi Shapurji Mehta, P. S. Jhabvala - 1973
  4. ↑ A. P. Mishra, Nagendra Kr Singh. Encyclopaedia of Oriental Philosophy and Religion. Global Vision Pub House. pp. 157–. ISBN 978-81-8220-112-5.
  5. ↑ Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage, and Companionage, 1931 :pp 614
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