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{{Infobox person
| name = Nadirshaw Edulji Dinshaw
| birth_date = 1842
| death_date = 1914
}}

'''Nadirshaw Edulji Dinshaw''' (1842-1914)<ref>{{Cite web|last=Balouch|first=Akhtar|title=Forgotten heroes: Searching for the Dinshaws of Karachi|url=http://scroll.in/article/758318/forgotten-heroes-searching-for-the-dinshaws-of-karachi|access-date=2020-10-12|website=Scroll.in|language=en-US}}</ref> was the eldest son of the Karachi landowner and philanthropist [[Seth Edulji Dinshaw]].<ref name="John R. Hinnells 2005 p.202">John R. Hinnells, The Zoroastrian Diaspora, Oxford, (2005) p.202</ref> He lived in [[Karachi]], [[Sindh|Sind]], [[British India]] (now [[Pakistan]]).

==Business and philanthropy==
When his studies were complete, he entered the family business in land and factories.<ref>Somerset Playne & J.W. Bond, The Imperial Gazetteer, 1920, quoted in Visions of Empire – Karachi Under the Raj 1843–1947, Karachi, (2004) p.122</ref> He continued his father's philanthropic work, and in recognition of his contribution to the city of Karachi, his statue was placed at the intersection of Karachi's main roads in the 1930s.<ref name="John R. Hinnells 2005 p.202"/>

==NED University of Engineering and Technology==
In 1924, the Prince of Wales Engineering College was renamed to [[NED University of Engineering & Technology]] after his sons made donations to the College in remembrance of their father.<ref name=":0">John R. Hinnells, The Zoroastrian Diaspora, Oxford, (2005) p.225</ref> Parsis are guaranteed four seats for admission each year at NED.

==Family==
His brother, Framroze Edulji Dinshaw (known as FE Dinshaw) was one of pre-partition India's most prominent businessmen and lawyers.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Mistry Family Came On Board Tata Sons By Chance And May Exit By Force|url=https://www.bloombergquint.com/business/the-mistry-family-came-on-board-tata-sons-by-chance-and-may-exit-by-force|access-date=2020-10-12|website=BloombergQuint|language=en}}</ref> He had four sons, Hoshang, Minocher, Dinshaw and Faredoon.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|last=Manu Balachandran|first=qz com|title=An Indian Irish billionaire's journey from outsider to kingmaker and then opponent at the Tata Group|url=http://scroll.in/article/820018/an-indian-irish-billionaires-journey-from-outsider-to-kingmaker-and-then-opponent-at-the-tata-group|access-date=2020-10-12|website=Scroll.in|language=en-US}}</ref>

His son Hoshang NE Dinshaw played a part in the economic development of [[Pakistan]], including as the President of the Central Board of Directors of the [[National Bank of Pakistan]].<ref>John R. Hinnells, ''The Zoroastrian Diaspora'', Oxford, (2005) pp.225–6</ref>

The descendants of Nadirshaw Edulji Dinshaw have kept up his philanthropic tradition. The Edulji Dinshaw family remains particularly noted for their charitable donations, especially to non-Parsis.<ref>John R. Hinnells, ''Zoroastrians in Britain'', Oxford, (1996) p.58</ref>

== See also ==
*[[NED University of Engineering & Technology]]
*[[Seth Edulji Dinshaw]]
*[[List of Parsis]]

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