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'''Jehangir Bomanji Petit''' (21 August 1879 ― 1946) was a noted nationalist, mill owner, philanthropist and one of [[Mahatma Gandhi|Mahatma Gandhi's]] earliest supporters .
'''Jehangir Bomanji Petit''' (21 August 1879 ― 1946) was a noted nationalist, mill owner, philanthropist, and one of [[Mahatma Gandhi]]'s earliest supporters.


Belonging to the Petit family, Jehangir was the grandson of Sir [[Dinshaw Maneckjee Petit]] and the eldest son of the [[Bomanjee Dinshaw Petit]]<ref name=a>{{cite book|title=The Cyclopedia of India: biographical, historical, administrative, commercial|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CO5tAAAAMAAJ|year=1992|publisher=Book Traders}}</ref> He inherited ownership of Petit Mills and additionally served as the Chairman of the Bombay Mill Owners Association.
Belonging to the [[Petit baronets|Petit family]], Jehangir was the grandson of Sir [[Dinshaw Maneckjee Petit]] and the eldest son of the [[Bomanjee Dinshaw Petit]]. He was also the cousin of [[Mithuben Petit]] and [[Rattanbai Petit]].<ref name=a>{{cite book|title=The Cyclopedia of India: biographical, historical, administrative, commercial|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CO5tAAAAMAAJ|year=1992|publisher=Book Traders}}</ref> He inherited ownership of Petit Mills and additionally served as the Chairman of the Bombay Mill Owners Association.<ref name="Pyarelal1994">{{cite book|author=Pyarelal|title=Mahatma Gandhi: India awakened|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bxFWAAAAYAAJ|year=1994|publisher=Navajivan Pub. House|isbn=978-81-7229-048-1}}</ref>


He was amongst the first supporters of Mahatma Gandhi and when on 9 January 1915, when Gandhi reached India and Bombay for the first time J. B. Petit along with other Indian nationalists like [[Narottam Morarji]], Bhalchandra Krishna, [[B. G. Horniman]], Revashanker Zaveri, [[Maganlal Gandhi]] took a launch to reach the steamer to welcome Kasturba and Mohandas Gandhi at Apollo bunder, where a large crowd had gathered to welcome Gandhi.<ref name=ch>[http://www.gandhi-manibhavan.org/about gandhi/chrono_detailed_gandhiinbombay.htm]{{Dead link|date=January 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Chronology - Gandhi in Bombay 1915-1948</ref>  Later on 12 January 1915, J. B. Petit organized a reception at his bungalow the Mount Petit on Pedder Road. Over 600 distinguished citizens-both Europeans and Indians were present. Prominent among them were [[M. A. Jinnah]], Seth Bomanjee Dinshaw Petit, Kaikobad Dinshaw, [[Chimanlal Harilal Setalvad|C. H. Setalvad]], [[B. G. Horniman]], Gokuldas Kahnadas Parekh, [[Gopal Krishna Gokhale]], [[Sir Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy, 5th Baronet|Sir Jamshetjee Jeejebhoy]], [[Sir Cowasji Jehangir, 2nd Baronet|Sir Cowasjee Jehangir]], [[Narayan Chandavarkar|Sir Narayan Chandavarkar]], [[Currimbhoy Ebrahim|Sir Currimbhoy Ibrahim]], Fazulbhoy Currimbhoy, Bhalechandra Krishna, Manmohandas Ramjee, Hazee Esmail, [[Dinsha Vaccha]], Richard Amphlett Lamb, [[K. M. Munshi]], [[Pherozeshah Mehta]], Sir [[Dorab Tata]], [[Cowasji Dinshaw Adenwalla|C. Dinshaw Adenwallah]], Hormusji Wadia, Narayan Madhav Samarth and Sir [[Claude Hill]].<ref name=ch/><ref name="Pyarelal1994">{{cite book|author=Pyarelal|title=Mahatma Gandhi: India awakened|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bxFWAAAAYAAJ|year=1994|publisher=Navajivan Pub. House|isbn=978-81-7229-048-1}}</ref> He donated generously to the cause of nation and was amongst the first benefactors of Gandhi in India.<ref name="DesaiVahed2015">{{cite book|author1=Ashwin Desai|author2=Goolem Vahed|title=The South African Gandhi: Stretcher-Bearer of Empire|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lZZ1CgAAQBAJ&pg=PA154|date=7 October 2015|publisher=Stanford University Press|isbn=978-0-8047-9717-7|pages=154–}}</ref> He was in contact with Gandhi even before his arrival in India and has supported Gandhi's struggle in [[Transvaal Province|Transvaal]] in South Africa and activities of [[Servants of India Society]].<ref name="Guha2014">{{cite book|author=Ramachandra Guha|title=Gandhi before India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XS7UAAAAQBAJ&pg=PT421|date=15 October 2014|publisher=Penguin Books Limited|isbn=978-93-5118-322-8|pages=421–}}</ref> During the trial of 1922 of Mohandas Gandhi, he stood closely with him.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.mkgandhi.org/speeches/gto1922.htm | title=Statement in The Great Trial of 1922 | date=18 March 1922 | publisher=mkgandhi.org | accessdate=28 January 2019 }}</ref>
J. B. Petit was amongst the first supporters of Mahatma Gandhi. When Gandhi reached India and Bombay for the first time on 9 January 1915, Petit along with other Indian nationalists like [[Narottam Morarji]], Bhalchandra Krishna, [[B. G. Horniman]], Revashanker Zaveri, [[Maganlal Gandhi]] took a launch to reach the steamer to welcome Kasturba and Mohandas Gandhi at Apollo bunder, where a large crowd had gathered to welcome Gandhi. Later on 12 January 1915, J. B. Petit organised a reception at his bungalow, Mount Petit on Pedder Road. There were over 600 distinguished citizens, with both Europeans and Indians present. Prominent among them were [[Muhammad Ali Jinnah]], Seth Bomanjee Dinshaw Petit, Kaikobad Dinshaw, [[Chimanlal Harilal Setalvad|C. H. Setalvad]], [[B. G. Horniman]], Gokuldas Kahnadas Parekh, [[Gopal Krishna Gokhale]], [[Sir Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy, 5th Baronet|Sir Jamshetjee Jeejebhoy]], [[Sir Cowasji Jehangir, 2nd Baronet|Sir Cowasjee Jehangir]], [[Narayan Chandavarkar|Sir Narayan Chandavarkar]], [[Currimbhoy Ebrahim|Sir Currimbhoy Ibrahim]], Fazulbhoy Currimbhoy, Bhalechandra Krishna, Manmohandas Ramjee, Hazee Esmail, [[Dinsha Vaccha]], Richard Amphlett Lamb, [[K. M. Munshi]], [[Pherozeshah Mehta]], Sir [[Dorab Tata]], [[Cowasji Dinshaw Adenwalla|C. Dinshaw Adenwallah]], Hormusji Wadia, Narayan Madhav Samarth and Sir [[Claude Hill]].<ref name="Pyarelal1994">{{cite book|author=Pyarelal|title=Mahatma Gandhi: India awakened|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bxFWAAAAYAAJ|year=1994|publisher=Navajivan Pub. House|isbn=978-81-7229-048-1}}</ref>  


[[J.B. Petit High School for Girls]] at [[Mumbai]], named after him is one of the noted institutions, which was patronized by him.<ref>{{cite web|title=J B Petit High School for Girls|url=http://jbpetithighschool.com/about-history.php|website=J B Petit High School|accessdate=31 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150102084828/http://jbpetithighschool.com/about-history.php|archive-date=2 January 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> Jehangir Bomanji Petit also impressed on his father Seth Bomanji D. Petit to give a munificent donation viz. of the immovable property called "Cumballa Hotel" at Cumballa and this led to foundation of Bomanjee Dinshaw Petit Parsee General Hospital in year 1907. He was the
He financially supported the nationalist movement and was amongst the first benefactors of Gandhi in India.<ref name="DesaiVahed2015">{{cite book|author1=Ashwin Desai|author2=Goolem Vahed|title=The South African Gandhi: Stretcher-Bearer of Empire|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lZZ1CgAAQBAJ&pg=PA154|date=7 October 2015|publisher=Stanford University Press|isbn=978-0-8047-9717-7|pages=154–}}</ref> He was in contact with Gandhi before his arrival in India, and had supported Gandhi's struggle in [[Transvaal Province|Transvaal]] in South Africa and activities of [[Servants of India Society]].<ref name="Guha2014">{{cite book|author=Ramachandra Guha|title=Gandhi before India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XS7UAAAAQBAJ&pg=PT421|date=15 October 2014|publisher=Penguin Books Limited|isbn=978-93-5118-322-8|pages=421–}}</ref> He attended the 1922 trial of Mohandas Gandhi.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.mkgandhi.org/speeches/gto1922.htm | title=Statement in The Great Trial of 1922 | date=18 March 1922 | publisher=mkgandhi.org | accessdate=28 January 2019 }}</ref>
Secretary of the South African Indian Fund.<ref>Collected Works - Volume 13 by Mahatma Gandhi - 1964 - Page 107</ref> and Joint secretary of South African Indian Passive Resistance Fund. He was associated with Friends of India. He was an activist of the nationalist movement and one of the first supporter of [[Mahatma Gandhi]].<ref name="DesaiVahed2015"/> He was a member of 1927 [[Bombay Legislative Council]] as a representative of Bombay Mill Owners Association.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Indian Year Book|year=1930|publisher=Bennett, Coleman & Company|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5k0iAQAAMAAJ}}</ref> Further, he also helped in promoting the [[Free Press of India]].<ref>Israel, Milton (1994). Communications and Power: Propaganda and the Press in the Indian Nationalist Struggle, 1920–1947. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 128–129. {{ISBN|978-0-521-46763-6}}</ref> J. B. Petit had assisted [[Sir Pherozeshah Mehta]] in launching the newspaper and later went on to control the ''Indian Daily Mail''.<ref>{{cite book |first=Milton |last=Israel |title=Communications and Power: Propaganda and the Press in the Indian Nationalist Struggle, 1920-1947 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dkI_RHPPGKMC&pg=PA129 |accessdate=27 March 2012 |year=1994 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |location=Cambridge |isbn=978-0-521-46763-6 |page=129}}</ref>
 
[[J.B. Petit High School for Girls]] in [[Mumbai]] was named after him for his financial support and efforts to allow all castes to attend the school.<ref>{{cite web|title=J B Petit High School for Girls|url=http://jbpetithighschool.com/about-history.php|website=J B Petit High School|accessdate=31 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150102084828/http://jbpetithighschool.com/about-history.php|archive-date=2 January 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> Jehangir Bomanji Petit also convinced his father, Seth Bomanji D. Petit, to donate the Cumbala Hotel in [[Cumbala Hill|Cumbala]]{{To whom?|date=February 2024}}, which led to the foundation of the Bomanjee Dinshaw Petit Parsee General Hospital in 1907. He was the Secretary of the South African Indian Fund<ref>Collected Works - Volume 13 by Mahatma Gandhi - 1964 - Page 107</ref> and Joint Secretary of the South African Indian Passive Resistance Fund. He was associated with Friends of India. He was a member of the 1927 [[Bombay Legislative Council]] as a representative of the Bombay Mill Owners Association.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Indian Year Book|year=1930|publisher=Bennett, Coleman & Company|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5k0iAQAAMAAJ}}</ref> He also helped in promoting the [[Free Press of India]].<ref>Israel, Milton (1994). Communications and Power: Propaganda and the Press in the Indian Nationalist Struggle, 1920–1947. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 128–129. {{ISBN|978-0-521-46763-6}}</ref> J. B. Petit also assisted [[Sir Pherozeshah Mehta]] in launching the ''Indian Daily Mail'', which he later went on to control.<ref>{{cite book |first=Milton |last=Israel |title=Communications and Power: Propaganda and the Press in the Indian Nationalist Struggle, 1920-1947 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dkI_RHPPGKMC&pg=PA129 |accessdate=27 March 2012 |year=1994 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |location=Cambridge |isbn=978-0-521-46763-6 |page=129}}</ref>
 
His 1943 book "The superiority and colour complex" was considered for proscription or prosecution, for its potential to stir up trouble between classes, but ultimately the Indian government decided to ignore it. <ref>https://abhilekh-patal.in/jspui/handle/123456789/2716915?searchWord=superiority&backquery=[location=123456789%2F1&query=%22superiority%20and%20colour%20complex%22&rpp=20&sort_by=dc.date.accessioned_dt&order=desc]</ref>


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Latest revision as of 22:57, 17 April 2025

Jehangir Bomanji Petit (21 August 1879 ― 1946) was a noted nationalist, mill owner, philanthropist, and one of Mahatma Gandhi's earliest supporters.

Belonging to the Petit family, Jehangir was the grandson of Sir Dinshaw Maneckjee Petit and the eldest son of the Bomanjee Dinshaw Petit. He was also the cousin of Mithuben Petit and Rattanbai Petit.[1] He inherited ownership of Petit Mills and additionally served as the Chairman of the Bombay Mill Owners Association.[2]

J. B. Petit was amongst the first supporters of Mahatma Gandhi. When Gandhi reached India and Bombay for the first time on 9 January 1915, Petit along with other Indian nationalists like Narottam Morarji, Bhalchandra Krishna, B. G. Horniman, Revashanker Zaveri, Maganlal Gandhi took a launch to reach the steamer to welcome Kasturba and Mohandas Gandhi at Apollo bunder, where a large crowd had gathered to welcome Gandhi. Later on 12 January 1915, J. B. Petit organised a reception at his bungalow, Mount Petit on Pedder Road. There were over 600 distinguished citizens, with both Europeans and Indians present. Prominent among them were Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Seth Bomanjee Dinshaw Petit, Kaikobad Dinshaw, C. H. Setalvad, B. G. Horniman, Gokuldas Kahnadas Parekh, Gopal Krishna Gokhale, Sir Jamshetjee Jeejebhoy, Sir Cowasjee Jehangir, Sir Narayan Chandavarkar, Sir Currimbhoy Ibrahim, Fazulbhoy Currimbhoy, Bhalechandra Krishna, Manmohandas Ramjee, Hazee Esmail, Dinsha Vaccha, Richard Amphlett Lamb, K. M. Munshi, Pherozeshah Mehta, Sir Dorab Tata, C. Dinshaw Adenwallah, Hormusji Wadia, Narayan Madhav Samarth and Sir Claude Hill.[2]

He financially supported the nationalist movement and was amongst the first benefactors of Gandhi in India.[3] He was in contact with Gandhi before his arrival in India, and had supported Gandhi's struggle in Transvaal in South Africa and activities of Servants of India Society.[4] He attended the 1922 trial of Mohandas Gandhi.[5]

J.B. Petit High School for Girls in Mumbai was named after him for his financial support and efforts to allow all castes to attend the school.[6] Jehangir Bomanji Petit also convinced his father, Seth Bomanji D. Petit, to donate the Cumbala Hotel in Cumbala[to whom?], which led to the foundation of the Bomanjee Dinshaw Petit Parsee General Hospital in 1907. He was the Secretary of the South African Indian Fund[7] and Joint Secretary of the South African Indian Passive Resistance Fund. He was associated with Friends of India. He was a member of the 1927 Bombay Legislative Council as a representative of the Bombay Mill Owners Association.[8] He also helped in promoting the Free Press of India.[9] J. B. Petit also assisted Sir Pherozeshah Mehta in launching the Indian Daily Mail, which he later went on to control.[10]

His 1943 book "The superiority and colour complex" was considered for proscription or prosecution, for its potential to stir up trouble between classes, but ultimately the Indian government decided to ignore it. [11]

J. B Petit died in 1946.[1]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Cyclopedia of India: biographical, historical, administrative, commercial. Book Traders. 1992.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Pyarelal (1994). Mahatma Gandhi: India awakened. Navajivan Pub. House. ISBN 978-81-7229-048-1.
  3. ↑ Ashwin Desai; Goolem Vahed (7 October 2015). The South African Gandhi: Stretcher-Bearer of Empire. Stanford University Press. pp. 154–. ISBN 978-0-8047-9717-7.
  4. ↑ Ramachandra Guha (15 October 2014). Gandhi before India. Penguin Books Limited. pp. 421–. ISBN 978-93-5118-322-8.
  5. ↑ "Statement in The Great Trial of 1922". mkgandhi.org. 18 March 1922. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
  6. ↑ "J B Petit High School for Girls". J B Petit High School. Archived from the original on 2 January 2015. Retrieved 31 December 2014.
  7. ↑ Collected Works - Volume 13 by Mahatma Gandhi - 1964 - Page 107
  8. ↑ The Indian Year Book. Bennett, Coleman & Company. 1930.
  9. ↑ Israel, Milton (1994). Communications and Power: Propaganda and the Press in the Indian Nationalist Struggle, 1920–1947. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 128–129. ISBN 978-0-521-46763-6
  10. ↑ Israel, Milton (1994). Communications and Power: Propaganda and the Press in the Indian Nationalist Struggle, 1920-1947. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 129. ISBN 978-0-521-46763-6. Retrieved 27 March 2012.
  11. ↑ https://abhilekh-patal.in/jspui/handle/123456789/2716915?searchWord=superiority&backquery=[location=123456789%2F1&query=%22superiority%20and%20colour%20complex%22&rpp=20&sort_by=dc.date.accessioned_dt&order=desc]
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