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PUD NO_936-6_AR |
| Subject | : | Seth Jeejeebhoy Dadabhoy Agiary - Bombay |
| Size | : | 51 mm |
| Metal | : | Silver |
| Year | : | 1936 |
| Description | : | obv. Bust of Dadabhoy wearing Parsi hat, slightly right. To left of head in field in hand, writing script : JEEJEEBHOY, to right of head : DADABHOY. Below bust : 1786-1849, rev. Around border : SETH JEEJEEBHOY DADABHOY AGIARY, COLABA, BOMBAY. In centre : FOUNDED / ROJ SAROSH, MAH SHEREVAR / 1205 / PRESENTED BY / THE TRUSTEES / IN COMMEMORATION OF ITS / CENTENARY / 15TH MARCH / 1836-1936.
Suspended from a loop and ring. An Atash Adaran or Agiari Dadghan was a secondary fire temple below the level of an Atash Behram or first level fire temple.
Dadabhoy was a pioneer of steam navigation in western India, along with his partner Sir Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy. Through Dadabhoy’s foresight and energy the steamer, Sir James Rivett-Carnac, was the first Bombay steamer plying the western coast of India. He started business as a broker and agent making advances on coffee, sugar and coconut on estates on the Malabar Coast. He was instrumental in starting three banks in Bombay and was a trustee of the Great India Peninsular Railway. He was a large contributor to charities of all kinds especially to those establishing schools. |
