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VURJEEVANDAS MADHOWDAS (1817-1896)

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Originally appearing in Volume V28, Page 222 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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VURJEEVANDAS MADHOWDAS (1817-1896) , See also:

HINDU

Hindu See also:

MERCHANT (O. Fr. marcheant, modern marchand; from Lat. mercari, to trade, merx, goods, merchandise)

merchant of Bombay, of the Kapole Bania See also:

CASTE (through the Fr. from Span. and Port. casta, lineage, Lat. cast us, pure)

caste, was See also:

BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born on the 28th of See also:

JANUARY

January 1817 at Gogla, in See also:

KATHIAWAR, or KATTYWAR

Kathiawar, whence his See also:

FATHER

father came to Bombay with Sheth Manoredas for trading purposes. Vurjeevandas was educated in Bombay, started a new See also:

FIRM

firm under the name of Vurjeevandas & Sons, and soon became one of the wealthiest merchants in Bombay. He was appointed a See also:

JUSTICE (Lat. justitia)

justice of the See also:

peace and a member of the Bombay See also:

PORT

Port See also:

TRUST

Trust. He took a keen See also:

INTEREST

interest in the Royal See also:

ASIATIC

Asiatic Society and the Bombay university, where a See also:

PRIZE, or PRIZE OF WAR (Fr. prise, from prendre, to take)

prize has been established to commemorate his name. He constructed the Madhow See also:

BANG, HERMANN JOACHIM (1858– )

Bang in memory of his father, and gave it to the use of poor See also:

HINDUS

Hindus, endowing it with nearly five lakhs of rupees. He built a See also:

REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest-See also:

house in Bombay in memory of his See also:

BROTHER

brother Mooljibhoy, and another one at See also:

NASIK

Nasik. The See also:

SANATORIUM (a modern Latinism, formed from sanare, to cure, restore to health, sanus, whole, healthy, well; often wrongly spelled sanatarium or sanitarium)

sanatorium which he built in memory of his youngest son Rumhoredas at See also:

SION [Ger. Sitten]

Sion See also:

Hill is a See also:

GREAT

great boon to the poor See also:

PEOPLE

people of his community. He also established a dispensary at Matoonga and a fund for the See also:

RELIEF

relief of indigent Hindus. He died on the 12th of January 1896.

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