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[[Diwan Bahadur]] '''"Lodd" Govindoss Chathurbhujadoss''' was a [[Gujarati people|Gujarati]] businessman from [[Madras]]. He was the owner of C. Kushaldoss and Sons and served as [[Sheriff_of_Madras|Sheriff]] of Madras.<ref name="thehindu_20051219">{{cite news|title=Another one bites the dust|work=[[The Hindu]]|url=http://www.hindu.com/mp/2005/12/19/stories/2005121900420500.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121110140858/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2005/12/19/stories/2005121900420500.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=10 November 2012|first=S.|last=Muthiah|date=19 December 2005|authorlink=S. Muthiah}}</ref>

== Personal life ==

Chathurbhujadoss was the son of Chathurbhujadoss Kushaldoss, the founder of the C. Kushaldoss and Sons, a textile firm based in the city of [[Madras]].<ref name="thehindu_20051219" /> The Kushaldoss family had migrated from [[North India]] and had settled in the city.<ref name="muthiahp76">[[#Muthiah|Muthiah]], p 76</ref> Apart from the textile business, the Kushaldoss family traded in silk, [[musk]] and [[spices]] and were the agents of [[Burmah Shell]] in the [[Madras Presidency]].<ref name="thehindu_20051219" /> The family also ran a successful banking business.<ref name="thehindu_20051219" />

== Public activities ==

Chathurbhujadoss was involved in various philanthropic activities throughout his life. In 1906, he contributed Rs. 10,000 towards a statue of [[Edward VII of the United Kingdom|Edward VII]] in front of Government Estate<ref name="thehindu_20051219" /> and commissioned another of [[George V of the United Kingdom|George V]] during his [[silver jubilee]] celebrations in 1935. He donated land for the Madras Pinjrapole, a home for old and sick animals at [[Ayanavaram]] in 1906<ref name="thehindu_20051219" /> and gifted a property called ''Umda Bagh'' in Binny Road to the government on which the [[Quaid-e-Milleth Government Arts College for Women]] was later built.<ref name="muthiahp157">[[#Muthiah|Muthiah]], p 157</ref>

== Notes ==

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== References ==

* {{cite book | title=Madras Rediscovered| last=Muthiah| first=S.| year=2004| authorlink=S. Muthiah| publisher=East West Books (Madras) Pvt Ltd| isbn=81-88661-24-4|ref=Muthiah}}

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