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Louis Petit De Julleville - LoveToKnow 1911 LOUIS PETIT DE JULLEVILLE (1841-1900), French scholar, was born in Paris on the 18th of July 1841. Educated at the Ecole Normale Superieure, and at the French school at Athens, he received his doctorate in literature in 1868. Petit de Julleville was also the general editor of the Histoire de la langue et de la litterature francaise (8 vols., 1896-1900), to which he himself contributed some valuable chapters. www.1911encyclopedia.org /Louis_Petit_De_Julleville   (140 words)

Rattanbai Petit Biography on DanceAge Ruttenbai "Ruttie" Petit ("The Flower of Bombay") (February 20, 1900 - February 15, 1929), was the second wife of Muhammad Ali Jinnah - an important figure in the Indian Independence Movement and later founder of Pakistan. She was the only daughter of Sir Dinshaw Petit, who in turn, was the son of Dinshaw Maneckji Petit, founder of the first cotton mills in India. As she was still a minor, the law was on his side but Ruttie and Jinnah met in secret anyway, and decided to wait out the two years until she attained the age of majority. music.musictnt.com /biography/sdmc_Rattanbai_Petit   (1070 words)

Dinshaw Maneckji Petit - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Sir Dinshaw Maneckji Petit, 1st Baronet (30 June 1823 – 5 May 1901), Parsi entrepreur and founder of the first textile mills in India. In 1854 Dinshaw Maneckji Petit founded the "Persian Zoroastrian Amelioration Fund" with the aim of improving the conditions for the less fortunate Zoroastrian co-religionists in Iran. Sir Dinshaw was survived by Sir Dinshaw Petit (2nd Baronet). en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dinshaw_Maneckji_Petit   (325 words)

Parsi - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography Nadirshaw Edulji Dinshaw (18??-1924?): philanthropist; founder of the NED Engineering College, the largest and oldest engineering institution in Karachi, Pakistan. Rattanbai Petit (1900-1929): wife of Muhammad Ali Jinnah; granddaughter of Dinshaw Maneckji Petit; grandmother of Nusli Wadia Dina Wadia (1919-): daughter of Rattanbai Petit and Muhammad Ali Jinnah; wife of Neville Wadia; mother of Nusli Wadia. www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Parsi   (2599 words)

History of Lodge Rising Star On the reverse is shown a star rising from the sea, and on the rim was inscribed "Brother Framji Dinshaw Petit installed 15th December 1893." The medal presented to Bro. Dinshaw D. Romer during the Centenary Year for the next celebration and also came true on the 125th year Celebration. Dinshaw D. Romer was installed in the Eastern Chair, and all his Office Bearers were Past Masters. members.rediff.com /risingstar/histris.htm   (2833 words)

ooBdoo Gradually certain families "acquired wealth and prominence (Sorabji, Modi, Cama, Wadia, Jeejeebhoy, Readymoney, Dadyseth, Petit, Patel, Mehta, Allbless, Tata, etc.), many of which would be noted for their participation in the public life of the city, and for their various educational, industrial, and charitable enterprises." (Hull, 1913). Through his largesse, Maneck helped establish the infrastructure that was necessary for the Parsis to set themselves up in the city and in doing so "established Bombay as the primary center of Parsi habitation and work in the 1720s" (White, 1991:304). Accompanied by better education and social cohesiveness, the community's sense of distinctiveness grew and in 1854 Dinshaw Maneckji Petit founded the "Persian Zoroastrian Amelioration Fund" with the aim of improving the conditions for the less fortunate co-religionists in Iran. www.oobdoo.com /wikipedia/?title=Parsi   (5022 words)

Parsi info here at en.after-gasoline-alley.info   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16) Inscriptions at the Kanheri Caves abreast Mumbai steer that at smallest the brand-new 11th century Middle Persian was horizontal the literary gobbledegook of the hereditary Zoroastrian priesthood. Nonetheless, separately from the Qissa and the Kanheri inscriptions, petite documentation of the Parsis the 12th and 13th century, when "masterly" (Dhalla) Sanskrit translations of the Zend commentaries of the Avesta eventuated to be prepared. Accompanied by better drilling and companionable cohesiveness, the community's audition of distinctiveness grew and in 1854 Dinshaw Maneckji Petit founded the "Persian Zoroastrian Amelioration Fund" with the aim of increasing the postures for the unsubstantial auspicious co-religionists in Iran. en.after-gasoline-alley.info /Parsi   (5286 words)

Petit - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography Emmanuel Petit, a football star who played for the French international, AS Monaco, Arsenal, Barcelona and Chelsea football clubs; His daughter Rattanbai Petit, wife of Jinnah, founder of Pakistan This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title. www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Petit   (128 words)

Dastur Dhalla: The Saga of a Soul -- An Autobiography The 'light' that guided the Parsis of Karachi on the path of Prophet Zarathushtra was born in the city of Surat on the Amerdad Sal of 1875 - 27th September 1875. Maneckji Nusserwanji Dhalla has left behind a rich and precious legacy of wisdom and scholarship through his books on Zoroastrian theology, history, literature and life. At the jashan ceremonies which were being performed to commemorate the approaching seasons, besides the officiating priests and one or two organizers, there were hardly five people participating in these religious ceremonies. www.avesta.org /dhalla/saga.htm   (20189 words)

ANGLICISATION OF THE PARSIS: by Polly Noshir Chenoy For instance Miss Framji Dinshaw Petit, the richest Parsi heiress, who has given her fortune to the founding of the Parsee Girl's Orphanage, is to be seen driving her motor car every evening from her residence on the Malabar Hill to the band-stand on the Esplanade, and many another Parsi lady for that matter."[40] In 1867, a Parsi petition for the admission into the 'Voluntary Corps' was rejected as this corps was reserved exclusively for the English and it could not be expected that the Englishmen could serve in the same unit as a 'native'. Thus Sir Dinshaw Edulji Wacha, though obligated to the Crown for his title, nevertheless, had the courage and the wisdom to see that throwing their lot with the Congress would mean eventual security for the Parsis. tenets.zoroastrianism.com /angl33.html   (7058 words)

OMBAY, Persian communities of, There are several libraries, notably the Petit Library and particularly the K. Cama Oriental Institute (founded 1916), the best collec­tion of books and papers on the Parsis in the world. It is certain that in the mid-nineteenth century there were heroic individuals who traveled, at great risk, from Iran to settle in India, but their stories are unknown. In the early years of the twentieth century more charity began to flow from Parsis to their coreligionists in the homeland, notably from the Petit, the Marker (based in Quetta and Karachi), and the Irani families (Hinnells, “The Flowering of Zoroastrian Benevolence,” in Papers in Honour of Professor Mary Boyce, Acta Iranica 24, 1985, pp. www.iranica.com /newsite/articles/v4f4/v4f4a006.html   (7339 words)

LOUIS PETIT DE JULLEVI... - Online Information article about LOUIS PETIT DE JULLEVI...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16) - Online Information article about LOUIS PETIT DE JULLEVI... Search over 40,000 articles from the original, classic Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th Edition. Petit de Julleville was also the See also: encyclopedia.jrank.org /PER_PIG/PETIT_DE_JULLEVILLE_LOUIS_18411.html   (330 words)

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The Martin Luther King of Zoroastrianism - fravahr.org This fund was under the chairmanship of Sir Dinshaw Petit, the second Indian to be made a baronet, who also happened to be the husband of Sakarbai, one of Golestan’s daughters. Furthermore, the Shah was presented with two more bounded illuminated addresses, one from Bombay through Sir Dinshaw Petit, head of the Society for the Amelioration of Conditions of the Zoroastrians in Persia, on behalf of the Parsis of India. Petit concludes by assuring the Shah that «every measure of justice, of generous kindness and above all of assured protection of their lives [of the Zoroastrians] and property will be gratefully repaid by their increasing loyalty and devotion to His Majesty’s throne and august person.» spip.fravahr.org /spip.php?article180   (12005 words)

College The B. Text degree was instituted from the academic year 1946 followed by degree courses in Mechanical and Electrical Engineering in 1947, Civil Engineering in 1949, Production Engineering in 1973 and Electronics and Computer Engineering in 1986. In the early days the Institute was housed in Byculla in a building donated for the purpose by Sir Dinshaw Maneckji Petit. This would not have been possible but for the liberal grants given by the Government and the Bombay Millowners' Association. members.tripod.com /~vjticomp2000/college.html   (479 words)

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Iranica.com - ix. POLITICAL AND CULTURAL RELATIONS: QAJAR PERIOD, EARLY 20TH CENTURY In 1853, under the initiative of Dinshaw Petit, Parsis had founded the Society for the Amelioration of the Conditions of the Zoroastrians in Persia, with other similar relief organizations and funds formed at later dates (see also Palsetia, pp. In September 1910, Nasarvanji Maneckji Cooper, a prominent Parsi in London, organized a gathering of Parsi residents in Britain and "European friends" to address developments in Persia. After 1919, even the mainstream majority in the INC abandoned petitional politics in favor of the agitational politics of civil disobedience and campaigns of non-cooperation with British authorities. www.iranica.com /newsite/articles/v13f1/v13f1006_ix.html   (7652 words)

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Petit - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia This page or section lists people with the surname Petit. If an internal link for a specific person referred you to this page, you may wish to add the given name(s) to that wikilink. Bram Petit, a Dutch scientist on Behavioral Real Estate; en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Petit   (160 words)

Parsi information - Search.com Nadirshaw Edulji Dinshaw - philanthropist; founder of the NED Engineering College (later NED University of Engineering and Technology), the largest and oldest engineering institution in Karachi, Pakistan. Rattanbai Petit, wife of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Founder of Pakistan.Shortly after her eighteenth birthday, Rattanbai converted to Islam. Maneckji Nusservanji Dhalla - Dastur (High Priest); theologian and historian domainhelp.search.com /reference/Parsi   (2550 words)

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