Framji Cowasji Banaji, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Framji Cowasji Banaji

Date of Birth: 03-Apr-1767

Date of Death: 12-Feb-1851

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Framji Cowasji Banaji, Esq.
(3 April 1767 – 12 February 1851) was born in Bombay (now Mumbai) to a Parsi family.
His father, Cowasji Byramji (1744-1834), was a merchant, trading in cotton and had trading links with China, England and various Indian cities.
He was the lease holder of Poway estate (now Powai).
During his lifetime he did much for the city and his country and its people for which a Framji Cawasji Institute (now Framji Cowasji Hall) was built after his death.
Some of his achievements were:- First Justice of Peace in Bombay. First to introduce gas light in Bombay. First to introduce engineering contrivances in the matter of carrying water from one place to another by means of pipes . First to send native fruit Mango that was grown in his estate of Powai as a present to Her Majesty Queen of England on 18 May 1838. He rebuilt a Tank at Dhobi Talao at his own expense.
In recognition of this noble act, the well was henceforth known as The Framji Cowasji Tank. He funded building of the Tower of Silence at Chowpati hill (now Malabar Hill). He was instrumental in the success of the Elphinstone College, Bombay (now Mumbai).
He was also a benefactor of the student’s Literary and Scientific Society (LSS) in India.