Framji Cowasji Banaji

Framji Cowasji Banaji, Esq. (1767 – 12 February 1851) was born in Bombay (now Mumbai) to a Parsi family. He was a merchant, trading in cotton and had trading links with China, England and various Indian cities. He was the lease holder of Poway estate (now Powai).^[1] During his lifetime he did much for the city and his country and its people for which a Framji Cawasji Institute (now Framji Cowasji Hall) was built after his death.^[2] Some of his achievements were:-

First Justice of Peace in Bombay.
First to introduce gas light in Bombay.
First to introduce engineering contrivances in the matter of carrying water from one place to another by means of pipes .
First to send native fruit Mango that was grown in his estate of Powai as a present to Her Majesty Queen of England on 18 May 1838.^[3]
He rebuilt a Tank at Dhobi Talao at his own expense. In recognition of this noble act, the well was henceforth known as The Framji Cowasji Tank.^[4]
He funded building of the Tower of Silence at Chowpati hill (now Malabar Hill).^[5]

References

↑ Khoshru Navrosji Banaji (1892). Memoirs of the late Framji Cowasji Banaji. University of California Libraries. Bombay, Bombay Gazette Steam Printing Works. pp. 28–32.
↑ "Maharashtra: Almost 150 yrs later, Cowasjee's noble cause still prevails". The Indian Express. Retrieved 2018-05-12.
↑ Khoshru Navrosji Banaji (1892). Memoirs of the late Framji Cowasji Banaji. University of California Libraries. Bombay, Bombay Gazette Steam Printing Works. p. 57.
↑ Khoshru Navrosji Banaji (1892). Memoirs of the late Framji Cowasji Banaji. University of California Libraries. Bombay, Bombay Gazette Steam Printing Works. p. 62.
↑ Khoshru Navrosji Banaji (1892). Memoirs of the late Framji Cowasji Banaji. University of California Libraries. Bombay, Bombay Gazette Steam Printing Works. p. 65.

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[1] Khoshru Navrosji Banaji (1892). Memoirs of the late Framji Cowasji Banaji. University of California Libraries. Bombay, Bombay Gazette Steam Printing Works. pp. 28–32.

[2] "Maharashtra: Almost 150 yrs later, Cowasjee's noble cause still prevails". The Indian Express. Retrieved 2018-05-12.

[3] Khoshru Navrosji Banaji (1892). Memoirs of the late Framji Cowasji Banaji. University of California Libraries. Bombay, Bombay Gazette Steam Printing Works. p. 57.

[4] Khoshru Navrosji Banaji (1892). Memoirs of the late Framji Cowasji Banaji. University of California Libraries. Bombay, Bombay Gazette Steam Printing Works. p. 62.

[5] Khoshru Navrosji Banaji (1892). Memoirs of the late Framji Cowasji Banaji. University of California Libraries. Bombay, Bombay Gazette Steam Printing Works. p. 65.