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Date transcribed2011-05-01
Transcribed byPeter Bailey
CommentNote that notables of Indian, Afghan, etc. origin do not always follow the alphabetical name pattern established by Buckland in his original work.

Surname  Kabraji    
First Name(s)  Kaikhusru Naoroji    
Year of Birth  1842    
Year of Death  1904    
Entry  Born Aug. 21, 1842, at Bombay : descended from a Surat family : son of Naoroji Kabraji : educated in the Jamsetji Jijibhai school : took to journalism, 1858 : became editor of the Parsi Mitra : joined the Rast Goftar, as sub-editor, and editor, 1863-1902 : making the paper an instrument for social reform in the whole native community : was Fellow of the Bombay University, 1882 : Secretary of the Guzarati Society for the Diffusion of Knowledge, 1880, lecturing for it : Secretary of the Sir Dinshaw Petit Gymnastic Institution, 1867-75 : supported female education, founding girls' schools : an active member of the Bombay Municipal Corporation, 1882-1904 : a warm champion of British rule in India, and a moderate critic : to England in 1900, and was made a member of the British Institute of Journalists : on the fiftieth anniversary of his paper, Nov. 1901, was specially congratulated on his editorship : retired from it 1902 : died April, 1904 : raised the tone of the vernacular Press in W. India : also wrote a number of novels dealing mostly with Parsi social life.     
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