Hirji Vacha Modi
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Hirji Vacha Modi known by many orthographic variations including Mody Hirjee Wacha was a wealthy Parsi businessman who was responsible for constructing the first Parsi Tower of Silence in Mumbai in 1672. He also built the first fire temple in Mumbai in the Modikhana area of Fort in 1671.[1] This was later destroyed in the great fire of 1803.[2][3]
He was also a founder of the Bombay Parsi Punchayet.[4]
References
- ^ Commissariat, Mānekshāh Sorābshāh (1980). A History of Gujarat: The Maratha period, 1758 A.D. to 1818 A.D. Longmans, Green & Company, Limited.
- ^ Kamerkar, Mani (2002). Soonu Dhunjisha: From the Iranian Plateau to the Shores of Gujarat. Allied Publishers. ISBN 978-81-7764-301-5.
- ^ Palsetia, Jesse S. (1 January 2001). The Parsis of India: Preservation of Identity in Bombay City. BRILL. ISBN 978-90-04-12114-0.
- ^ White, David L. (1995). Competition and collaboration: Parsi merchants and the English East India Company in 18th century India. Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers.
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