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	Sir Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy - LoveToKnow 1911
		An essentially self-made man, having experienced in early life the miseries of poverty and want, in his days of affluence Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy developed an active instinct of sympathy with his poorer countrymen, and commenced that career of private and public philanthropy which is his chief title to the admiration of mankind.
		Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy's unsectarian philanthropy awakened a common understanding and created a bond between them which has proved not only of domestic value but has had a national and political significance.
		On the death of the third baronet, the title devolved upon his brother, Cowsajee (1853-1908), who became Sir Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy, fourth baronet, and the recognized leader of the Parsee community all over the world.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Sir_Jamsetjee_Jeejeebhoy (683 words)

	Vandemataram.com - Patriots (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy, a philanthropist, whose generosity was universal, was born in Bombay on 15 July 1783.
		Jamsetjee, one of the signatories, was later appointed one of the first Indian Jurors.
		Jamsetjee’s contribution in the filed of education was recognised by his appointment on the Managing Committee of the Native Education Society in 1827, on the Board of Education in 1842 and on the Senate of the Bombay University when it was first established in February 1857.
	www.vandemataram.com /biographies/patriots/Jamsetjee.htm (1162 words)

	Sir J.J.
		Jamsetjee, the youngest son of cloth weaver Jeejeebhoy and his wife, Jeevibai, was born in the `Yatha Ahu Vairyo Mohalla' near the Crawford Market in Bombay on July 15, 1783.
		Jamsetjee was not one to cower under misfortune.
		After the death of his uncle (and father-in-law), Jamsetjee took Motichand Amichand (a Hindu) and Mohomedali Rogay (a Konkani Muslim) as his partners in the firm Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy and Co., and their efforts were enormously successful.
	music.calarts.edu /~bansuri/pages/sirJJ.html (1281 words)

	Jamsetjee Jeejebhoy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Sir Jamsetjee Jeejebhoy, Baronet (also seen as Qamsetji, and Jeejeebhoy, Jejeebjoy, Qijibhai) (1783-1859) was an Indian merchant and philanthropist.
		An essentially self-made man, having experienced in early life the miseries of poverty and want, in his days of affluence Jamsetjee Jeejebhoy developed an active instinct of sympathy with his poorer countrymen, and commenced that career of private and public philanthropy which is his chief title to the admiration of mankind.
		Jamsetjee Jeejebhoy's unsectarian philanthropy awakened a common understanding and created a bond between them which has proved not only of domestic value but has had a national and political significance.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jamsetjee_Jeejebhoy (731 words)

	Jeejeebhoy, Jamsetjee
		Born into a clerical Parsi family, Sir Jamsetjee Jeejebhoy, Baronet was an Indian merchant and philanthropist.
		An essentially self-made man, having experienced in early life the miseries of poverty and want, in his days of affluence Jamsetjee Jeejebhoy developed an active instinct of sympathy with his poorer countrymen, and commenced that career of private and public philanthropy which is his chief title to the admiration of mankind.
		Jamsetjee Jeejebhoy's unsectarian philanthropy awakened a common understanding and created a bond between them which has proved not only of domestic value but has had a national and political significance.
	ca.geocities.com /tony.vella@rogers.com/india/jejeebhoy/jejeebhoy.html (698 words)

	Sir J.J. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Jamsetjee, the youngest son of cloth weaver Jeejeebhoy and his wife, Jeevibai, was born in the `Yatha Ahu Vairyo Mohalla' near the Crawford Market in Bombay on July 15, 1783.
		All along, Jamsetjee's partner was his uncle with whom he began his humble career as an bottle-seller, Framjee Batlivala, whose daughter, Avabai, became Jamsetjee's wife when he was 20, and she ten.
		After the death of his uncle (and father-in-law), Jamsetjee took Motichand Amichand (a Hindu) and Mohomedali Rogay (a Konkani Muslim) as his partners in the firm Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy and Co., and their efforts were enormously successful.
	shoko.calarts.edu /~bansuri/pages/sirJJ.html (1281 words)

	JEEJEEBHOY (JIJIBHAI),... - Online Information article about JEEJEEBHOY (JIJIBHAI),...
		Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy's unsectarian philanthropy awakened a See also:
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		The first Sir Jamsetjee, by the hold that he established on the community, by his charities and public spirit, gradually came to be regarded in the See also:
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /JEE_JUN/JEEJEEBHOY_JIJIBHAI_SIR_JAMSETJ.html (1087 words)

	History of Bombay (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		When the initial sum was exhausted and work about to stop Lady Jeejeebhoy once again dipped in to her personal purse with a second donation to the treasury of Rs.57,000.
		Sir Robert Grant (1779-1838) governed Bombay from 1835 to 1838 and was responsible for the construction of a number of roads between Bombay and the hinterland.
		Sir Phiroze Jamshedji Jeejeebhoy was the Chairman of the Exchange from 1966 till his death in 1980.
	www.satlug.org /~ayazs/bombay.htm (3056 words)

	ANGLICISATION OF THE PARSIS: by Polly Noshir Chenoy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Sir Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy had his daughters educated in strictest secrecy so that this revolutionary idea of female education should not anger the orthodox elements in the community.
		But in 1842 (the same year as Sir Jamsetjee's daughters were being educated) a Parsi lady, Meheribai Hormusjee Shroff, permitted her daughter to attend an English private school.
		Sir Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy, though he had his daughters educated in strictest secrecy, took the very bold and unorthodox step of bringing his wife and three daughters-in law at a banquet he gave to celebrate the marriage of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.
	tenets.zoroastrianism.com /angl33.html (7058 words)

	The Hindu : The great Indian Railway bazaar
		A committee appointed by the Bombay Government studied the proposal, and the report appeared in the Bombay Gazette of January 18, 1845.
		Prominent citizens of Bombay, including Jagannath Shanker Shett and Cursetjee Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy, who had been debating since 1840 on the introduction of railways in India, took it up.
		An identical body was established in Bombay with 20 members, headed by J.P. Willoughby, Chief Secretary to the Government, and which included Jagannath Nana Shanker Shett and Cursetjee Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy once again.
	www.hinduonnet.com /thehindu/mp/2002/04/18/stories/2002041800430100.htm (1036 words)

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