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Nima Parekh the first gujarati in BRITISH BOMBAY
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Aapnu Bombay as much as Amchi Mumbai - Times Of India
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And,his business empire was bigger than the English companys.Surats Abdul ... Nima Parekh | AD 1677 ... capital of the country it was largely due to efforts by British rulers to get businessmen from Gujarat to settle down in erstwhile BombayNima Parekh - Yasni.com
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Nov 5, 2010 - The history of Bombay, now known as Mumbai, shows that it ... to build a prosperous city, the British first invited Gujarati businessmen by ... An agreement was signed with Nima Parekh a businessman from Gujarat in 1677, ...Brits invited Gujaratis to Mumbai for prosperity
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AHMEDABAD: An editorial that appeared in the Shiv Sena mouthpiece,
'Saamna', on May 1 raised doubts about Gujarati settlers' sense of
belonging to Mumbai and Maharashtra and accused them of 'exploiting'
Mumbai to generate wealth for themselves. If Mumbai today has become the
financial capital of the country - a melting pot of cultures - it is
largely due to the efforts of the British in persuading businessmen from
Surat to settle in erstwhile Bombay.
The Sena mouthpiece, which has once again tried to raise the bogey of 'exploitation' by Gujaratis, needs to be taken on a walk down memory lane.
The story goes back to May 1662. King Charles II of England married Catherine of Braganza whose family gave a huge dowry to the groom. A part of this gift was the Portuguese territory of Bombay. However, Charles did not want the trouble of ruling these islands and rented out the whole of Bombay to the East India Company for just £10 in gold a year.
After the Company got Bombay, it first invited Gujarati businessmen to settle there by offering them incentives along with a guarantee of their safety. The British wanted to ensure a prosperous future for the city. As a first step, an agreement was signed with Nima Parekh, a businessman from Gujarat. The Company promised all members of the caste which chose to move to Bombay that they would be free to follow their religion and would be "secured from all molestation". The 10-point agreement came to be known as the 'Treaty with Nima Parekh in 1677'.
The book, 'The English in Western India', published in 1856 by Anderson Philip, talks about these pre-conditions. "Not only artisans, but opulent tradesmen were also induced to settle by promise of liberal treatment and religious toleration," the book says. The treaty allowed the settlers to cremate their dead and observe all such ceremonies as were customary. It was emphasised that none would be compelled to embrace Christianity.
The Sena mouthpiece, which has once again tried to raise the bogey of 'exploitation' by Gujaratis, needs to be taken on a walk down memory lane.
The story goes back to May 1662. King Charles II of England married Catherine of Braganza whose family gave a huge dowry to the groom. A part of this gift was the Portuguese territory of Bombay. However, Charles did not want the trouble of ruling these islands and rented out the whole of Bombay to the East India Company for just £10 in gold a year.
After the Company got Bombay, it first invited Gujarati businessmen to settle there by offering them incentives along with a guarantee of their safety. The British wanted to ensure a prosperous future for the city. As a first step, an agreement was signed with Nima Parekh, a businessman from Gujarat. The Company promised all members of the caste which chose to move to Bombay that they would be free to follow their religion and would be "secured from all molestation". The 10-point agreement came to be known as the 'Treaty with Nima Parekh in 1677'.
The book, 'The English in Western India', published in 1856 by Anderson Philip, talks about these pre-conditions. "Not only artisans, but opulent tradesmen were also induced to settle by promise of liberal treatment and religious toleration," the book says. The treaty allowed the settlers to cremate their dead and observe all such ceremonies as were customary. It was emphasised that none would be compelled to embrace Christianity.
Jan 12, 2011 - As a first step, an agreement was signed with Nima Parekh, a businessman from Gujarat. The company promised all members of the caste who ...
THE DROWNING OF SULTAN BAHADUR OF GUJARAT WATCHED BY THE PORTUGUESE, 1537. ARTIST: UNKNOWN
THE BRITISH AT SURAT FORT;BEFORE BOMBAY FORT WAS MADE
| Dutch Factory at Surat 1634 (CAPTURED BY ENGLISH BEFORE SHIFTING TO BOMBAY FORT) |
Gerald Aungier
Gerald
Aungier was the second Governor of Bombay. He was made the president of
the Surat factor and the governor of Bombay in 1672, which posts he
held till 1675. He was responsible for the initial growth of the city.
He died in the year 1677.Although
the Portuguese king had ceded all the islands of Bombay to the British
king Charles, the Portuguese in India refused to hand over the the
territory. It was not till 1675 that Aungier actually took possession of
Colaba and Old Man's Island, thus completing the transfer of power to
the British. His plan of fortifying the main island, from Dongri in the
north to the harbour, had to wait until 1715 for completion, when
Charles Boone became the governor of the town.
photo taken inside Bombay fort ,before fort walls removed 1850's
Bombay fort walls
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studio portrait of a Kathiawar Rajput gentleman posed with a hookah,
from the Archaeological Survey of India Collections. This was taken by
Hurrichund Chintamon and shown in the Paris Exhibition of 1867
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| Studio portrait of the Nimbalkar of Satara (a Maratha), taken at Mumbai by Hurrichund Chintamon c. 1867, from the Archaeological Survey of India Collections. This photograph was exhibited at the Paris Exhibition of 1867. A Maratha was a member of the princely and military class of the former Hindu kingdom of Maharashtra in central India (now the modern state of Maharashtra). |
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Portrait of three Parsees and a Parbhu, taken by Hurrichund Chintamon, c. 1867. As Europeans came into contact with other peoples there was an urge to document different races, customs, costumes and occupations.. |
Parsees
came later to Bombay when second english governor -Gerald Aungier
requested 'all from every where in india ' to come and settle in bombay-
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The British Fort, Bombay, Harbour face wall,-GUNS POINTING DOWN INTO
MOAT 1863.--Date: 1863--Photogrph
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cotton merchants OF Bombay at BOMBAY GREEN [HORNIMAN CIRCLE] AREA 1850's.
In the back ground cotton bales being weighed for export
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share market Bombay 1860's
Parsi Theatrical Company
Mumbai Gujarati Natak Mandali
