Shapurji Broacha

Sir Shapurji Burjorji Broacha (born April 30, 1845; died June 23, 1920) was an industrialist and philanthropist.[2][3] He was appointed as the Sheriff of Bombay in 1911[1] during the visit of the King Emperor, then Prince of Wales.[4]

Sir Shapurji Burjorji Broacha KCIE
Occupation	Industrialist, Philanthropist
Organization	Sir Shapurji Broacha Mills
Title	Sheriff of Bombay
Term	1911[1]
Spouse(s)	Lady Pirojbai

He was the president of Bombay Native Share and Stock Brokers' Association for more than 25 years. Sir Shapurji Broacha was connected as a director with at least twenty-five joint-stock companies.[4] He was honoured with a Knighthood by His Majesty the King-Emperor on the occasion of the 2011 Coronation Durbar.[5] In 1913, he was the only Indian member[6] to be appointed as a member of Royal Commission on Indian Finance and Currency.[7] He was one of the founding members of Bank of India, which was founded in 1906.[8]

Death

At the age of 75, Broacha died on June 23, 1920. It was reported that a large number of commercial houses, share, bullion, and various other markets were remained closed after his death on June 24, 1920.[4][9]

Honour and legacy

He was honoured with a Knighthood by His Majesty the King-Emperor on the occasion of the 2011 Coronation Durbar.

On March 1, 1923, White marble busts on the grey pedestal of the late Sir Shapurji Broacha and his wife Lady Pirojbai were unveiled in the Masina Hospital compound, Mumbai by Sir George Lloyd, the Governor of Bombay.[10][11]

A bust of Broacha was unveiled at the Stock Exchange Building, Bombay by Michael Knatchbull, the Governor of Bombay on April 4, 1935.[11]

As per the Gujarat Government Gazette, in 1961, a public hall in Gujarat called the 'Sir Shapurji Burjorji Broacha Hall', is named after him. It was built at a cost of Rs. 49,446 and was opened on November 12, 1912.[12]

See also

• Sheriff of Mumbai

References

1. Directory Of Bombay City Province 1939. p. 86.
2. "Club for sick and wounded". The Hindu. June 22, 2017.
3. Sorabji M. Rutnagur (1927). Bombay Industries: The Cotton Mill. A Review of the Progress of the Textile Industry in Bombay from 1850 to 1926 and the Present Constitution, Management and Financial Position of the Spinning and Weaving Factories. p. 701. The Late BROACHA. SIR SHAPURJI BURJORJI, Kt. Sir Shapurji Broacha was instrumental in financing large industrial undertakings and public utility concerns and was the trusted broker and adviser of important Native States. Was agent and ...
4. "SIR SHAPURJI BROACHA - DEATH AT BOMBAY". The Pioneer Mail. July 2, 1920. p. 12.
5. Prag Narain Bhargava (1912). Who's Who in India Supplement 1 (1912).
6. Barnett, Vincent, ed. (2014). Routledge Handbook of the History of Global Economic Thought (Many of the chapters were already drafted before Keynes was appointed, while Sir Shapurji Burjorji Broacha was the only Indian member.). Routledge. ISBN 9781317644118.
7. Debrett's Peerage. 1920. p. 834.
8. "Bank's Founder Members, Bank of India".
9. Journal of the Royal Society of Arts, Volume 68. Royal Society of Arts (Great Britain), The Society. 1920. p. 540. SIR SHAPOOBJI B. BROACHA. — The death of Sir Shapoorji Burjorji Broacha, the Bombay financier, has occurred in India. lie did much to promote industrial development in the Western Presidency and elsewhere, and was equally ...
10. Parsi Prakash Vol. VI, p. 106
11. Marzban Jamshedji Giara (2000). Parsi Statues. p. 47, 49.
12. Gazetteers: pt. 1 Surat District, Volume 2, Part 2 of Gazetteers, Gujarat (India). Directorate of Government Print., Stationery and Publications, 1961. p. 738.