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See also:SIR MANGALDAS See also:NATHUBHOY (1832–1890)
, See also:Seth or See also:head of the Kapol Bania See also:caste, well known for their See also:thrift and keen commercial instincts
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He was See also:born on the 15th of See also:October 1832, of a See also:family whose ancestors emigrated from See also:Diu to Bombay soon after Bombay came into See also:British See also:possession
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His grandfather, Ramdas Manordas, amassed a considerable See also:fortune, which, owing to the premature See also:death of his See also:father, came into the See also:sole possession of Mangaldas at the See also:age of eleven
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He had to take See also:charge of the business in See also:early See also:life, though he gave some See also:time to See also:English studies
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On the death of his wife he established a dispensary at See also:Kalyan in her memory and also a See also:special See also:female See also:
In 1872 he was made C.S.I., and in 1875 the dignity of See also:Knight See also:Bachelor was conferred on him
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Besides a large donation to the See also:Indian See also:Famine Fund, See also:Sir Mangaldas is known to have expended 500,000 on charities
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He died at Bombay on the 9th of See also: |
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