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BART SIR DINSHAW MANECKJI PETIT

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BART
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SIR DINSHAW MANECKJI
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PETIT  . (1823–1901), Parsee philanthropist, was
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born on the 3oth of
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June 1823 . As
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broker to
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European firms he amassed a large
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fortune during the
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period of
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speculation in Bombay at the
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time of the
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American
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Civil
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War . In 1886 he became a member of the
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governor-
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general's legislative
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council . He devoted his
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wealth to philanthropic
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objects, among the public and private charities which he endowed being the Towers of Silence and
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fire temples of the
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Parsees, a
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hospital for animals, a
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college for
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women, and the
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Petit hospital . He was knighted in 1887, created a
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baronet in 1890, and died in
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February 19o1 .

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