VURJEEVANDAS MADHOWDAS (1817-1896)  , See also:

• HINDU

Hindu See also:

• MERCHANT (O. Fr. marcheant, modern marchand; from Lat. mercari, to trade, merx, goods, merchandise)

merchant of Bombay, of the Kapole Bania See also:

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

caste, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born on the 28th of See also:

• JANUARY

January 1817 at Gogla, in See also:

• KATHIAWAR, or KATTYWAR

Kathiawar, whence his See also:

• FATHER

father came to Bombay with Sheth Manoredas for trading purposes . Vurjeevandas was educated in Bombay, started a new See also:

• FIRM

firm under the name of Vurjeevandas & Sons, and soon became one of the wealthiest merchants in Bombay . He was appointed a See also:

• JUSTICE (Lat. justitia)

justice of the See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace and a member of the Bombay See also:

• PORT

Port See also:

• TRUST

Trust . He took a keen See also:

• INTEREST

interest in the Royal See also:

• ASIATIC

Asiatic Society and the Bombay university, where a See also:

• PRIZE, or PRIZE OF WAR (Fr. prise, from prendre, to take)

prize has been established to commemorate his name . He constructed the Madhow See also:

• BANG, HERMANN JOACHIM (1858– )

Bang in memory of his father, and gave it to the use of poor See also:

• HINDUS

Hindus, endowing it with nearly five lakhs of rupees . He built a See also:

• REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest-See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house in Bombay in memory of his See also:

• BROTHER

brother Mooljibhoy, and another one at See also:

• NASIK

Nasik . The See also:

• SANATORIUM (a modern Latinism, formed from sanare, to cure, restore to health, sanus, whole, healthy, well; often wrongly spelled sanatarium or sanitarium)

sanatorium which he built in memory of his youngest son Rumhoredas at See also:

• SION [Ger. Sitten]

Sion See also:

• HILL
• HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
• HILL, A
• HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
• HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
• HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
• HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
• HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
• HILL, JAMES J
• HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
• HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
• HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
• HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
• HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)

Hill is a See also:

• GREAT

great boon to the poor See also:

• PEOPLE

people of his community . He also established a dispensary at Matoonga and a fund for the See also:

• RELIEF

relief of indigent Hindus . He died on the 12th of January 1896 .