JAGANNATH See also:

• JAGANNATH SHANKARSETT (1800-1865)

SHANKARSETT (1800-1865)  , the recognized See also:

• LEADER, BENJAMIN WILLIAMS (1831– )

leader of the See also:

• HINDU

Hindu community of Bombay for more than See also:

• FORTY

forty years, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in 1800 into a See also:

• FAMILY

family of goldsmiths of the Daivadnya See also:

• CASTE (through the Fr. from Span. and Port. casta, lineage, Lat. cast us, pure)

caste . Unlike his forefathers, he engaged in See also:

• COMMERCE
• COMMERCE (Lat. commercium, from, cum, together, and rnerx, merchandise)

commerce, and soon acquired what was in those days a large See also:

• FORTUNE, ROBERT (1813-188o)

fortune, a See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• PART

part of which he devoted to the See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good of the public . So high was his See also:

• CREDIT (Lat. credere, to believe)

credit that See also:

• ARABS

Arabs, Afghans and other See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign merchants See also:

• CHOSE (Fr. for " thing ")

chose to See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place their treasures in his custody rather than with the See also:

• BANKS, GEORGE LINNAEUS (1821-1881)
• BANKS, NATHANIEL PRENTISS (1816–1894)
• BANKS, SIR JOSEPH
• BANKS, THOMAS (1735-1805)

banks . Foreseeing the need of better methods of See also:

• EDUCATION

education, he became one of the founders of the School Society and the Native School of Bombay, the first of its See also:

• KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind in Western See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India, which in 1824 See also:

• DEVELOPED

developed into the Bombay Native Institution, and again in 184o into the See also:

• BOARD (O. Eng. bord)

Board of Education which preceded theElphinstone Educational Institution foundedin1856 . When the Students' See also:

• LITERARY

Literary and Scientific Society first opened their girls' See also:

• SCHOOLS

schools, in spite of strong opposition of the Hindu community, he set the good example of providing another girls' school entirely at his private cost . His zeal for progress was also shown in his starting the See also:

• ENGLISH

English School, the See also:

• SANSKRIT

Sanskrit See also:

• SEMINARY (Lat. seminarium, from semen, seed)

Seminary and the Sanskrit Library, all in Girgaum . To Jagannath See also:

• SHANKARSETT, JAGANNATH (1800-1865)

Shankarsett and his public-spirited See also:

• FRIENDS, SOCIETY
• FRIENDS, SOCIETY OF

friends, See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

George See also:

• BIRDWOOD, SIR GEORGE CHRISTOPHER MOLESWORTH (1832– )

Birdwood and Dr Bhau Daji, Bombay is also indebted for the reconstruction which, beginning in 1857, gradually changed a See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close network of lanes and streets into a spacious and See also:

• AIRY, SIR GEORGE BIDDELL (1801-1892)

airy See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city, adorned with See also:

• FINE

fine avenues and splendid buildings . He was the first See also:

• INDIAN

Indian to be nominated to the legislative See also:

• COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

council of Bombay under the xxty . 26Act of 1861 . While his See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence was used by Sir See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John See also:

• MALCOLM
• MALCOLM, SIR JOHN (1769-1833)

Malcolm to induce the See also:

• HINDUS

Hindus to acquiesce in the suppression of See also:

• SUTTEE (an English corruption of Sanskrit sail, " good woman " or true " wife ")

suttee or widow-burning, his own community remember gratefully that to him they owe the See also:

• CREMATION (Lat. cremare, to burn)

cremation ground at Sonapur . He died at Bombay on the 31st of See also:

• JULY

July 1865, regretted by all classes of society, who, about a See also:

• YEAR

year before his See also:

• DEATH

death, in a public See also:

• MEETING (from " to meet," to come together, assemble, 0. Eng. metals ; cf. Du. moeten, Swed. mota, Goth. gamotjan, &c., derivatives of the Teut. word for a meeting, seen in O. Eng. Wit, moot, an assembly of the people; cf. witanagemot)

meeting assembled at the See also:

• TOWN

Town See also:

• HALL
• HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
• HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
• HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
• HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
• HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
• HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
• HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
• HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
• HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
• HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
• HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
• HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
• HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
• HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
• HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
• HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
• HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)

Hall, voted a See also:

• MARBLE (from Lat. marmor, Gr. pApµapos, shining stone)

marble statue to perpetuate his memory .