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 and was owner of Petit Mills. He was one of the founders of the London School of Tropical Medicine to which he donated £6,666.[2] In a letter to Sir Francis Lovell (Dean of the School), quoted in The Times in 1902, he wrote the following about the school:

This institution, whilst according ample scope to students of diseases that well nigh devastate the East, will be the means of bringing the Western and Eastern minds together to afford help to the suffering East, and thus cementing that union of hearts.[3]

He was the President of Mill Owners' Association; a Director of Bank of Bombay for ten years and served as its President in 1903.[4] He founded the Bomanjee Dinshaw Petit Parsee General Hospital and also served as its president for many years.[5] 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[4] 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.[6]

He died on 17 December 1915.[1]

References
  1. 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. "The London School of Tropical Medicine". The Times (36874). London. 16 September 1902. p. 7.
  4. The B.D. Petit Parsee General Hospital, 1912-1972 by Maneckji D. Petit, Homi Shapurji Mehta, P. S. Jhabvala - 1973
  5. A. P. Mishra, Nagendra Kr Singh. Encyclopaedia of Oriental Philosophy and Religion. Global Vision Pub House. pp. 157–. ISBN 978-81-8220-112-5.
  6. Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage, and Companionage, 1931 :pp 614
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