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 hls brother. Mr. C. ]. Khambatta who was associated with him in Hessrs. Nicol & Co.‘s employment. Md his present lino ol Khamhatta & Co. They carry on business as Goal llerchants supplying coal prin- cipally to Shipping Com ' and also to all the Royal Nevis. The Khxmbatta family are all old residents at Bombay. Mr. C ]. Khamhatta is since deceased. The gesent attics are N. 1.. 1.]w

. C. . N. and P. N. Khan» batta.

Mr. GORDHANDAS KHATTAU was born in Bombayin 1865mdhis father. Khattau Hamil, in Cutcb- Tera. Atanearly agellr. Khattau come to Bombay and served his a prenticeship in the

bntia firm of his uncle. Jim} Baloo. His inth and business instincts t him to the notice

of hismaster. and before long be

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was admitted as n partner in the ﬁrm at Coomta. lo a lew year! he was entrusted with the sole man of at the head ﬁrm by Vasoni Jimj. the son and hen 0! his master. Thisu loved the turning int in the 0 yo twin 9.: m '3‘ was ’ spirit. Those were the years at the Ameri- canWar. WWW! mldoln the cotton trade. and a

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a “ﬂat if his sagacity may be mentioned the fact that in thosedavs ol tbesbaremaniahe steered clear of all temptations in that connection. He thencarriedon business on hisown account in the name of Gordhandas Khattau & (30.. and long before hisdeath made a name [or himself second to none in his communiity. both by h's remark. able business capacity and by that benevolent dESposition which charac- terised him in all the ts of his busy Me. At hisdeath he left two sons. the eldest, the sub'ect of this notice, being then only ven vents old. The mrly education of tl: boywas begun in the Mumbadevi Government A. V. School, from which institution he was tram- lerred to the Fort High School where he ﬁnished his English education.

The hard duties of life now de- manded his attention; and young Gordhandas. still in his teens. be- gun totakealivelyintetestinthe management of the Khattau Mills. and alter his uncle's death assumed charge of the Bombay United Mills. He alsoworkcdloradecadeasthe agnt of the Britannia Mills, and t years that have elapsed since haw markedhimoutasasm ful and hard-worlds: mill-a t- in 1890 he snccesluﬁy st for the ﬂandvi Ward. and in 1898 was again nominated b Government to a Seat in the Born y Municipal Corporation. In recognition ol the high position he held in his cum- munityhewnsmadea LP. in 1891. and was one ol the lew who were invited trom Bombay to attend the Coronation Durban It must be admitted that hismany duties have prevented him taking an very ac. tive interest in civic life; or, ‘ managing three cotton mills and

‘ ontheBoartlolDirectorsofa num ol public companies. he is Chairman ol the Oriental Lilo Assurance Company. the Bombay Telephone Company. the Bombay Cotton Hanulacturing (10.. the Khattau llaltanji Spinning and Weaving Co.. and the Presidency llills Co. He is also engaged in the pearl business. in which he is ably assisted by his eldest son. Hr. Tricumdas.

It. Gordhandas is still a young man and has helm-him many years

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of active lilo. Highly respected in his own Bhatia community and esteem- ed as one of the laremost citizens of Bombay. be has done not a little to maintain the good rEEeurte of his family. With his bro Mr. Mulraj hhatt’ an, be has set min the sumof onelakbofrupeesin cause of education, the interest accruing from that sum being devoted to- mdsmaintaining 12 to 13 boarders at the Goculdas Tejpol Boarding School. The ﬁne temple at 'lhona called Bal Rajeshwnr in memory of his deceased son, testiﬁes to his belief in the faith of his fathers, and that the ideals of the West have fﬂailed to exert a mlaterial‘ising gin-

uence n him. it p0 'tics r. sawmill; is known to hold mod- erate views, and though in complete sympathy with the legitimate aims and aspirations of his educated court he refuses to ﬁnd. in mere political agitations. a panacea for existing evils.

VISSANJI KHIM] 1. Ln. Ran Bahadu r. Bombay. senior partner in the well-known firm of lasers. V‘tssanji. Sons 6: 0).. Pro- prietors cf the Wallace Flour Mills, 7:, Apollo Street. Fort, Bombay, nbycntethntia asnutll but ver successlul community in ndia. llr. Khimji. who hos occupied a seat in the Council at the Governor at Bombay, was given the title ol Rao Bahodur by the Government of India in recognt- tion til pltilt;ve noble1 and tKen-known:

int c ear :- can 0 anytime. on the outhmali’of this dire disease he set his countrymen the much needed example of remain- ing in Bombay and sparing neither binnelf nor his means in trying to alleviate the great suffering and pri- vations the r classes were exp;- rienctng'. very morning heso t out those who had been stric u down the ' ht previous and saw them remow to hospital and to the ac; tion camps. permitti his mm ungolow to be couverte into a temporary inoculation ward_

Omsk years of lamina also he pr ' clothing most hbemlly anti Vertically led entire villages. Mr.

issan'i's success in business is traces to sheer hard work and perseverance. Filteen years ago he

mitt a hurt at trade utdttcttnce eon. Rolhhadtheniost soc-