the name gives it a way doesn't it just as it suggest there were Seven Bungalows located here among the mangroves and trees, a place one with nature with the beach at the doorstep.
Six of the seven bungalows have been sold off to make way for buildings, but yet one of them still stands
Dadabhai Naoroji by Raja Ravi Varma
The Honourable Dadabhai Naoroji | |
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Dadabhai Naoroji, 1892 | |
Member of the United Kingdom Parliament for Finsbury Central | |
In office 1892–1895 | |
Preceded by | Frederick Thomas Penton |
Succeeded by | William Frederick Barton Massey-Mainwaring |
Majority | 3 |
Personal details | |
Born | 4 September 1825 Bombay, British Raj |
Died | 30 June 1917 (aged 91) Versova, British Raj |
Political party | Liberal |
Other political affiliations | Indian National Congress |
Spouse(s) | Gulbai |
Profession | Academic, political leader, MP, cotton trader |
Committees | Legislative Council of Bombay |
Religion | Zoroastrianism |
HE WAS ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF THE PRESENT RULING PARTY -INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS
BUT HIS BUNGALOW NAMED THE SANDS AT SEVEN BUNGALOWS WAS SOLD OFF TO A BUILDER ABOUT 15 YEARS AGO AND DEMOLISHED
The Story of The Yoga Institute AT DADA BHAI'S BUNGALOW AT SEVENBUNGALOWS,ANDHERI WEST ,MUMBAI 61
R. P. Masani stumbled upon some of Yogendraji’s translations of Gitanjali by Rabindranath Tagore, and he invited Yogendraji to his place in Versova. There Yogendraji met Homi Dadina, son-in-law of Dadabhai Naoroji. Mr. Dadina became so impressed with the yogi that he along with a few others started learning Yoga at theVersova Beach .
And with this, on Christmas Day, 25th December, 1918, the Yoga Institute was born at ‘The Sands’ the residence of Dadabhai Naoroji at Versova near Bombay where Yogendraji began sharing the secrets of Yoga among the common
[BUT THE BUNGALOW ''THE SANDS' AT SEVEN BUNGALOWS WAS SOLD OFF TO A BUILDER ABOUT 15 YEARS AGO AND DEMOLISHED ]
MOST SURPRISING IS THAT THE DESTRUCTION OF "THE SANDS" BUNGALOW AT SEVEN BUGALOWS OF THE FOUNDER OF INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS PARTY [THE RULING PARTY] TOOK PLACE UNDER CONGRESS GOVERNMENT ,
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Dadabhai Naoroji
Dadabhai Naoroji
Near Flora Fountain, Bombay.
A detail from the Dadabhai Naoroji statue on D. N. Road.
D A D A B H AI N A O R O J I:
The Grand Old Man
of India
by
R. P. M A S A N I
With a Foreword by
M A H A T MA
G A N D HI
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CLICK AND READ ON LINE:-
POVERTY AND UNBRITISH RULE IN INDIA :-http://archive.org/stream/povertyunbritish00naoruoft#page/n3/mode/2up
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CLICK AND READ -ONLINE BOOK ON DADABHAI
http://oudl.osmania.ac.in/bitstream/handle/OUDL/12151/216033_Dadabhai_Naoroji_The_Grand_Old_man_Of_India.pdf?sequence=2
http://oudl.osmania.ac.in/bitstream/handle/OUDL/12151/216033_Dadabhai_Naoroji_The_Grand_Old_man_Of_India.pdf?sequence=2
[information on dadabhai's family FROM INTERNET]
DADABHAI NOWROJI MARRIED GULBAI
FIRST SON BORN IN 1859-ARDESHIR
SECOND BORN -DAUGHTER SHIRIN
DADABHAI NAOROJI'S CHILDREEN AND GRAND CHILDREN
FIRST DAUGHTER -FRAM DADABHAI NOWROJI-LATER MRS DADINADADINA-
SECOND DAUGHTER-DR.MAKI DADABHAI NOWROJI-LATER MRS H.MAKI DADINA
-SON ADI MARRIED-HOMI DADIN'A DAUGHTER
GRAND SON- JAL NAOROJI-
GRAND DAUGHTER- MEHERBANOO--
GRAND DAUGHTER -GOSI-LATER MRS MANECK CAPTAIN
GRAND DAUGHTER -NARGIZ-LATER MRS DORAB CAPTAIN
Last days of Dadabhai at versova -Bombay(mumbai)
HAD AN ATTACK OF BRONCHITIS [TB?]
DADABHAI CAME TO INDIA ON SHIP,SS MOLDAVIA WITH DR TRESURYWALA
WHEN HIS BRONCHITIS BECAME WORSE ,HE WAS SHIFTED TO MALABAR HILL ,BOMBAY FOR REST AT HIS FRIENDS RESIDENCE
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GREEN ARROW SHOWS SITE OF DADA BHAI NAOROJI'S OLD BUNGALOW CALLED 'THE SANDS'