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Sir Pherozeshah Mehta. A Political Biography

1921

Dhunjibhoy Cama one of the partners of the elder Mehta and honoured with the name of Ayrton who was the family solicitor of the Cama's and who took a great interest iji the education of boys. [...] He took a keen interest in the problems of the day particularly as they affected his country and was one of the most active members of the East India Association which was founded by Dadabhai in October 1866 for the independent and disinterested advocacy and promotion by alllegitimgte means of the interest and welfare of India generally." The Association owed its existence to the support of [...] Through the good offices of the atter the young barrister was on his return made a Justice of the Peace and thus given an early opportunity of acquainting himself with the municipal affairs of the city which were then vested in the hands of the Bench of Justices. [...] The history of education in Western India contains the name of many distinguished men but none greater than that of the gifted translator of the Ethics of Aristotle who in the early Sixtie< moulded the lives and thoughts of a generation eager to learn and to spread the light of education far and wide in the land. [...] In after years when the latter ceased to represent the ideas and ambitions of its early founders the possession of the funds of the Bombay Branch became the subject of a bitter controversy which arose out of the character of agency stamped upon it on its foundation.
history
Pages
403
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.142373
Segment Pages Author Actions
Frontmatter
i-xvi H.P. Mody view
Chapter I Early Years
1-11 unknown view
Chapter II Life in England
12-24 unknown view
Chapter III Early Years at the Bar
25-38 unknown view
Chapter IV Political Apprenticeship
39-55 unknown view
Chapter V Municipal Reform Agitation
56-80 unknown view
Chapter VI A Little Adventure—the Volunteer Movement
81-94 unknown view
Chapter VII The Administration of Lord Lytton—A “Public” Memorial—Memorable Municipal Debates
95-121 unknown view
Chapter VIII The Ilbert Bill
122-142 unknown view
Chapter IX Lord Ripon and New India—Civic Honours—Bombay Presidency Association
143-177 unknown view
Chapter X The Birth of the Congress
178-192 unknown view
Chapter XI The Municipal Act of 1888
193-206 unknown view
Chapter XII Professional Successes—A Journalistic Venture—The Crawford Inquiry—Educational Activities
207-230 unknown view
Chapter XIII Leader of the Congress
231-263 unknown view
Chapter XIV Government and the Corporation—Election of Mr. Dadabhai Naoroji to Parliament—Poona Provincial Conference Junagadh Appoinment
264-288 unknown view
Chapter XV in the Bombay Council—Death of Mr. Telang—Parliament and Simultaneous Examinations
289-307 unknown view
Chapter XVI Work in the Imperial Council
308-367 unknown view
Chapter XVII Resignation from the Council—Government and the University—The South African Question—The Bhownuggree Boom
368-386 unknown view

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