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PETIT, SIR DINSHAW MANECKJI, BART

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PETIT, See also:SIR DINSHAW MANECKJI, See also:BART . (1823–1901), Parsee philanthropist, was See also:born on the 3oth of See also:June 1823. As See also:broker to See also:European firms he amassed a large See also:fortune during the See also:period of See also:speculation in Bombay at the See also:time of the See also:American See also:Civil See also:War. In 1886 he became a member of the See also:governor-See also:general's legislative See also:council. He devoted his See also:wealth to philanthropic See also:objects, among the public and private charities which he endowed being the Towers of Silence and See also:fire temples of the See also:Parsees, a See also:hospital for animals, a See also:college for See also:women, and the Petit hospital. He was knighted in 1887, created a See also:baronet in 1890, and died in See also:February 19o1.

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