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	'''Ebrahim Shaik Baba Bhombal''' was a Pakistani [[civil servant]] and [[master mariner]] who was the first native [[Indian people\|Indian]] [[harbor pilot]] in [[British India]]. An officer in the [[British Merchant Navy]], he was appointed Pilot by the [[Karachi Port Trust]] in 1931. During [[World War II]] he was commissioned by the [[Royal Indian Navy]] and worked as [[Dock Master]] in [[Karachi]], where after the war he was made [[Harbour Master]]. In 1949 the [[Government of Pakistan]] requisitioned his services for the development and expansion of [[Chittagong Port]] in [[East Bengal]] (later [[East Pakistan]], now [[Bangladesh]]). In 1950 he was responsible for organizing and overseeing the establishment of a second port in East Bengal, at Chalna. [[Chalna Port]] would be Pakistan's third port, and the first to be established after the country's independence. Bhombal subsequently served as [[Port Director]] and Conservator at Chalna.		'''Ebrahim Shaik Baba Bhombal''' was a Pakistani [[civil servant]] and [[master mariner]] who was the first native [[Indian people\|Indian]] [[harbor pilot]] in [[British India]]. An officer in the [[British Merchant Navy]], he was appointed Pilot by the [[Karachi Port Trust]] in 1931. During [[World War II]] he was commissioned by the [[Royal Indian Navy]] and worked as [[Dock Master]] in [[Karachi]], where after the war he was made [[Harbour Master]]. In 1949 the [[Government of Pakistan]] requisitioned his services for the development and expansion of [[Chittagong Port]] in [[East Bengal]] (later [[East Pakistan]], now [[Bangladesh]]). In 1950 he was responsible for organizing and overseeing the establishment of a second port in East Bengal, at Chalna. [[Chalna Port]] would be Pakistan's third port, and the first to be established after the country's independence. Bhombal subsequently served as [[Port Director]] and Conservator at Chalna.

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'''Ebrahim Shaik Baba Bhombal''' was a Pakistani [[civil servant]] and [[master mariner]] who was the first native [[Indian people|Indian]] [[harbor pilot]] in [[British India]]. An officer in the [[British Merchant Navy]], he was appointed Pilot by the [[Karachi Port Trust]] in 1931. During [[World War II]] he was commissioned by the [[Royal Indian Navy]] and worked as [[Dock Master]] in [[Karachi]], where after the war he was made [[Harbour Master]]. In 1949 the [[Government of Pakistan]] requisitioned his services for the development and expansion of [[Chittagong Port]] in [[East Bengal]] (later [[East Pakistan]], now [[Bangladesh]]). In 1950 he was responsible for organizing and overseeing the establishment of a second port in East Bengal, at Chalna. [[Chalna Port]] would be Pakistan's third port, and the first to be established after the country's independence. Bhombal subsequently served as [[Port Director]] and Conservator at Chalna.

Bhombal obtained his training in the Royal Indian Marine, after which he obtained his Foreign-going [[Second Mate]] Certificate. In 1929 he obtained his Foreign-going [[Master Mariner|Master]] Certificate in the [[United Kingdom]]. He joined the British Merchant Navy and within a short while reached the rank of [[Chief Officer]] and then Master of the Vessel.<ref name=examiner>{{cite news|title=Chalna Port In The Making|newspaper=The Eastern Examiner|date=14 August 1953|page=8|volume=1|issue=32–33|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/maikolachi/3230078787/}}</ref> He possessed a British Extra Master Certificate.<ref name=mackenzie>{{cite journal|last=MacKenzie|first=T. J. M.|title=The New Port of Chalna, Pakistan|journal=The Dock and Harbour Authority| date=April 1952 |volume=32|page=385|publisher=Foxlow Publications|location=London}}</ref>

==Assignments at Karachi Port==
In 1931 Bhombal was appointed by the Karachi Port Trust in what was reported to be the first appointment in India of an Indian pilot.<ref name=examiner/><ref name=straits>{{cite news|title=First Indian Pilot|url=http://newspapers.nl.sg/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19311113-1.2.18.aspx|newspaper=The Straits Times|date=13 November 1931|location=Singapore|page=6}}</ref><ref name=review>{{cite journal|title=The First Indian Pilot|journal=The Indian Review|volume= 32|issue= 12| date=December 1931 |page=830|editor-last=Natesan|editor-first=G. A.|publisher=G. A. Natesan & Co|editor-link=G. A. Natesan|location=Madras}}</ref><ref name=review2>{{cite journal|title=Mr. Bhombal, the Indian Pilot|journal=The Indian Review|volume= 33|issue= 4| date=April 1932 |page=292|editor-last=Natesan|editor-first=G. A.|publisher=G. A. Natesan & Co|editor-link=G. A. Natesan|location=Madras}}</ref> Being the only Indian among applicants for the post, his application was the subject of much discussion among members of the Trust. After being considered at four separate meetings that were repeatedly adjourned, the decision was finally taken on 23 October 1931, after some European members voted in favor of Bhombal.<ref name=straits/><ref name=review/>

During World War II he was commissioned by the Royal Indian Navy and worked as Dock Master at Karachi Port Trust. After the war he was made Harbour Master at Karachi.<ref name=examiner/>

==Assignments at Chittagong Port==
In July 1949 the [[Pakistan Ministry of Communications]] requisitioned Bhombal's services as a special officer for the development of Chittagong Port in East Pakistan. However within two weeks of his arrival he was given the duties of Deputy Conservator, in which capacity he was to pilot ships in and out of the port and to train men. In addition to these duties, Bhombal completed the laying of five heavy first-class [[Mooring (watercraft)|moorings]] which greatly increased the capacity of Chittagong Port, allowing it to take double the amount of foreign-going vessels. Previously the port had only six jetty berths and one mooring. In addition to the five heavy moorings, he also succeeded in laying numerous light moorings to accommodate small coastal vessels in the [[Karnaphuli River]].<ref name=examiner/>

==Assignments at Chalna Port==
Following surveys of the [[Pasur River]] in 1948, the Pakistani government decided to establish an auxiliary anchorage to Chittagong at Chalna. The Communications Ministry selected Bhombal to organize and launch this new project. The Government announced the target date for the opening of Chalna Anchorage to be 8 December 1950. Bhombal arrived in [[Khulna]] on 4 October. With the work of Bhombal and his team, the port was informally opened on 11 December.<ref name=examiner/><ref name=pakdef>{{cite web|title=The First Destroyer|url=http://pakdef.org/the-first-destroyer/|publisher=PakDef Military Consortium|website=Pakdef.org|access-date=25 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304060749/http://pakdef.org/the-first-destroyer/|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=mongla>{{cite web|title=History|url=http://www.mpa.gov.bd/aboutus.php?op=history|website=Mongla Port Authority|access-date=25 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150128132659/http://www.mpa.gov.bd/aboutus.php?op=history|archive-date=28 January 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Bhombal became Port Director and Conservator of the new port, with the designation "Officer-in-Charge".<ref name=pakdef/><ref name=mongla/><ref>{{cite journal|last1=Rizvi|first1=S.R.|title=Port Chalna|journal=Enterprise|date=1952|volume=1|location=Dacca, East Pakistan}}</ref><ref name=seewart>{{cite journal|last1=Menge|first1=H.K.|title=Chalna Anchorage (Ost-Pakistan)|journal=Der Seewart|date=1954|volume=15|issue=4|page=141|publisher=Deutsches Hydrographisches Institut|location=Hamburg|language=German}}</ref><ref>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Chalna|encyclopedia=Ports of the World|date=1954|page=1028|edition=8th}}</ref><ref>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Khulna (Chalna)|encyclopedia=Ports, dues and charges on shipping throughout the world|date=1959|publisher=G. Philip|location=London|page=414|edition=21st}}</ref> In 1954 the Port Directorate was shifted a few miles downstream to Mongla.<ref name=mongla/>

== References ==
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[[Category:Pakistani sailors]]
[[Category:Sea captains]]
[[Category:Royal Indian Navy officers]]
[[Category:Pakistan Navy officers]]
[[Category:Muhajir people]]
[[Category:Military personnel from Mumbai]]
[[Category:Pakistani people of Konkani descent]]
[[Category:Pakistani civil servants]]

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