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WHO'S WHO IN INDIA

Davar, the Hon'ble Sir Dinshaw Dhanjibhai, Kt., Judge of the Bombay High Court, whose biography appears in Part VII, page 146, of this work, was granted the honour of Knighthood by His Majesty the King-Emperor on the occasion of the recent Coronation Durbar.



Broacha, Sir Shapurji Burjorji, Kt., Sheriff of Bombay, President of the Native Share and Stock Brokers' Association of Bombay, and one of the foremost of the public men of Bombay in commercial and financial, as well as civic, life, was honoured with a Knighthood by His Majesty the King-Emperor on the occasion of the recent Coronation Durbar. Address: Bombay. Broacha, Sir Shapurji Burjorji, Kt., Sheriff of Bombay, President of the Native Share and Stock Brokers' Association of Bombay, and one of the foremost of the public men of Bombay in commercial and financial, as well as civic, life, was honoured with a Knighthood by His Majesty the King-Emperor on the occasion of the recent Coronation Durbar. Address: Bombay.



Mulji, Sir Vasanji Trikamji, Kt., Rao Saheb, Justice of the Peace, Honorary Magistrate and Head of the Jain Community of the City of Bombay, was granted the honour of Knighthood by His Majesty the King-Emperor on the occasion of the recent Coronation Durbar. Address: Bombay.



Ibrahim Rahimtoola, the Hon'ble Sir, Kt., c. i. e., j.p., Member of the Legislative Council, the Municipal Corporation and the Improvement Trust, Bombay; Director of the Bank of India, Ltd.; was born in May, 1862. He is the son of the late Rahimtoola Kaderbhoy. He lost his father at an early age, and, leaving school, joined his brother in business. He started the firm of Rahimtoola Kaderbhoy and Company whilst still a youth and rapidly developed the business till it now occupies a prominent position among the mercantile firms of Western India. Sir Ibrahim has twice been returned as a member of Bombay Corporation. In 1894 he was nominated Justice of the Peace. In 1895 he was elected a member of the Standing Committee of the Corporation, and three years later he was unanimously chosen as Chairman of that committee. In 1899 he was elected President of the Corporation. In these offices he has discharged his duties with conspicuous success. He has since been elected by the