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'''Byramjee Jeejeebhoy''' [[Order of the Star of India|CSI]] (1822–1890) was a wealthy businessman and philanthropist who founded several education institutions in [[Mumbai]]. The [http://bjcc.edu.in Byramjee Jeejeebhoy College] and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20100331132030/http://www.bjpci.org/ Byramjee Jeejeebhoy Parsee Charitable Institution] in [[Charni Road]], South Mumbai, as well as Byramjee Jeejeebhoy Medical College in [[Pune]] and also contributed in development of The [ http://bjmcabd.edu.in B.j. Medical college] [[Ahmedabad]] are four of the notable schools and colleges founded by him. In October 1830, the [[British East India Company]] leased Byramjee seven villages between [[Jogeshwari]] and [[Borivali]], that totalled over {{convert|12000|acre|km2}}. Also given to Byramjee was [[Land's End, Bandra]], a cape with the [[Bandra Fort]] that became known as the Byramjee Jeejeebhoy Point for an annual rent of Rs. 2800 . Byramjee built a beautiful, large mansion as his personal home on the hill overlooking the fort.<ref>http://www.indiankanoon.org/doc/1151734/</ref><br />
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==Bandstand Road==<br />
Byramjee Jeejeebhoy built a road parallel to the sea in Bandra named as Byramjee Jeejeebhoy Road which runs from St. Andrews to Lands End, was built by Byramjee Jeejebhoy at his own expense and opened to public in 1878. A stone recording this event can still be seen at the junction of Jeejeebhoy Road and Bhaba Road in Bandra.{{Citation needed|date=April 2018}}<br />
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A horse racing prize, the Byramjee Jeejeebhoy Eclipse Stakes Of India, is named after him.<ref>http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Nine-landowners-control-a-fifth-of-Mumbais-habitable-area/articleshow/45839026.cms</ref><br />
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