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词条 Curumsey Damjee
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  1. Work and award

  2. Religion and community

  3. Charity and scholarship

  4. References

  5. External links

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2018}}{{Use Indian English|date=July 2018}}Curumsey Damjee (also spelled Karamsi or Kasamshi Damji) JP, Rai Bahadur[1] (1844-1918)[2] was a noted businessman.[3] Hailing from Waghura, a small village in remote Kutch he migrated to Bombay (now Mumbai) at a young age and became a very successful businessman, working with the Bombay Port Trust.[4]

Work and award

He used to do a lot of work related to the Bombay P ort through his company Curumsey Damjee and Sons.[5] He was given the honorific title "Rao Bahadur" by the then British government in India for his good community work on 1 January 1899.[6]

Religion and community

The Curumsey Damjee Community Hall at the Dariya Sthan (Kutchi Lohana Mahajan) Masjid Bunder, Mumbai was named after him.[4]{{Dead link|date=May 2012}} He also co-edited a 1902 version of Bhramanand Kavya, an important Swaminarayan Scripture, written by Brahmanand Swami. A copy of this book was referred to in the Catalogue of Marathi and Gujarati books of the British Museum, Dept. of Oriental Printed Books and Manuscripts in 1915.[7]

Charity and scholarship

He instituted three Public Charitable Trusts. First the R. B. Sheth Curumsey Damjee Arogya Bhuvan Trust that has a sanatorium in Matheran. Second, the R. B. Sheth Curumsey Damjee Mathura Waghora Dharamsala Trust that has a dharamsala in Waghora. Third, the R. B. Sheth Curumsey Damjee Swaminarayan Temple Charity Trust that funds various activities of the Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Mumbai.[4] An annual scholarship was instituted at the University of Mumbai after him. This scholarship was worth Rs. 250/- and was given to the top most student among Kutchi Lohana community.[8]

References

1. ^{{cite book|title=The Bombay university calendar, Volume 2|year=1925|publisher=University of Bombay |pages=642|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7k0mAQAAIAAJ&q=7k0mAQAAIAAJ&q=}}
2. ^Rao Bahadur Sheth Curumsey Damjee (1844-1918)
3. ^{{cite book |author1=Mahadev Haribhai Desai |author2=Narahari Dvārakādāsa Parīkha |author3=Hemantkumar Gunabhai Nilkanth | title=Day-to-day with Gandhi | publisher=Sarva Seva Sangh Prakashan | location= | year=1968 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7vW1AAAAIAAJ&q=karamshi+damji&dq=karamshi+damji&lr=&client=firefox-a&pgis=1 |oclc= |doi= |accessdate=27 March 2009}} Page 205
4. ^{{cite web | url=http://www.matheran.org/about_our_founder.htm | title=About Rao Bahadur Sheth Curumsey Damjee | deadurl=yes | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080516071309/http://matheran.org/about_our_founder.htm | archivedate=2008-05-16 | df= }}
5. ^{{cite book | author=Sorabji M. Rutnagur | title=Bombay industries | publisher=Indian textile journal | location= | year=1927 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pz0dAAAAIAAJ&q=curumsey&dq=curumsey&lr=&client=firefox-a&pgis=1 |oclc= |doi= |accessdate=27 March 2009}} Page 604
6. ^{{cite book | author=Roper Lethbridge | title=The golden book of India: a genealogical and biographical dictionary of the ruling princes, chiefs, nobles, and other personages, titled or decorated, of the Indian empire | publisher=Macmillan | location= | year=1900 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uK9GAAAAIAAJ&dq=karamsi+damji&lr=&client=firefox-a |oclc= |doi= |accessdate=27 March 2009}} Page 132
7. ^{{cite book | author=James Fuller Blumhardt | title=Catalogue of Marathi and Gujarati printed books in the library of the British museum | publisher=B. Quaritch | location= | year=1915 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oHsqAAAAMAAJ&dq=karamsi+damji&lr=&client=firefox-a |oclc= |doi= |accessdate=27 March 2009}} Page 112
8. ^{{cite book | author=University of Bombay | title=Bombay university handbook | publisher=University of Bombay | location= | year=1930 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LZLOAAAAMAAJ&q=karamsi+damji&dq=karamsi+damji&lr=&client=firefox-a&pgis=1 |oclc= |doi= |accessdate=27 March 2009}} Page 333

External links

  • The official website of the Rao Bahadur Sheth Curumsey Damjee Arogya Bhuvan Trust
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20070704081145/http://swaminarayan.org.in/ The official website of the Rao Bahadur Sheth Curumsey Damjee Swaminarayan Temple Charity Trust]
  • The Swaminarayan Samraday official Website - Ahemdabad Gadi
  • The Swaminarayan Sampraday official Website - Vadtal Gadi
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