Kaisar-i-Hind is located on Currimbhoy Road, named after Ebrahim Currimbhoy (1839-1924), a Gujarati Khoja businessman who founded E. Pabaney & Co. and made a fortune in the opium trade with China. He was nominated Trustee of the Port of Bombay. For his services, the British conferred E. Currimbhoy with Knighthood (1905) and Baronetcy (1910).
Date_accepted:
2023-05-22T14:26:58Z
Modified:
2023-05-26T08:44:31Z
Type:
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Creator:
Ghosh, Ayan
Contributor:
Ghosh, Ayan
Rights:
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
References:
John Archibald Ballard, George Wittet, Kaisar-i-Hind building, and Ballard Estate