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{{Short description|Indian banker of Baghdadi Jewish origin (1871-1947)}} | |||
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[[File:Sir David Elias Ezra.jpg|thumbnail|Sir David Elias Ezra]] | [[File:Sir David Elias Ezra.jpg|thumbnail|Sir David Elias Ezra]] | ||
'''Sir David Elias Ezra''' (1871-1947) (or simply '''Sir David Ezra''') was a prominent member of the Baghdadi Jewish community in Calcutta, India. | '''Sir David Elias Ezra''' (1871-1947) (or simply '''Sir David Ezra''') was a prominent member of the [[Baghdadi Jews|Baghdadi Jewish]] community in [[Kolkata|Calcutta]], India. Ezra was a property owner and a director of the [[Reserve Bank of India]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=23 December 2017 |title=All that is left of the Jewish community in Kolkata: Two synagogues, a cemetery, two schools & a bakery |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/all-that-is-left-of-the-jewish-community-in-kolkata-two-synagogues-a-cemetery-two-schools-a-bakery/articleshow/62214357.cms?from=mdr |access-date=17 June 2025 |work=The Economic Times |issn=0013-0389}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Imber |first=Elizabeth E. |url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Uncertain_Empire/UO1GEQAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv |title=Uncertain Empire: Jews, Nationalism, and the Fate of British Imperialism |date= |publisher=Stanford University Press |year=2025 |isbn=978-1-5036-4245-4 |location=Stanford |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":522">{{Cite book |last=Roland |first=Joan G. |url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/The_Baghdadi_Jews_in_India/05mfDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv |title=The Baghdadi Jews in India: Maintaining Communities, Negotiating Identities and Creating Super-Diversity |date= |publisher=Routledge |year=2019 |isbn=978-0-429-53387-7 |editor-last=Weil |editor-first=Shalva |location=Oxfordshire |language=en |chapter=Negotiating identity in a changing world: From British colonialism to Indian independence}}</ref> | ||
==Early life and family== | ==Early life and family== | ||
David Elias Ezra was born in 1871,<ref name=jwa>[http://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/baghdadi-jewish-women-in-india Baghdadi Jewish Women in India.] Joan G. Roland and Tamar Marge Gubbay, Jewish Women's Archive. Retrieved 6 September 2015.</ref> the son of [[Elias David Ezra]] and the grandson of [[David Joseph Ezra]]. He married [[Rachel Sassoon]], daughter of [[Solomon David Sassoon (1841–1894)|Solomon David Sassoon]].<ref>[http://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/sassoon-flora Jewish Women's Archive: Flora Sassoon]</ref> | David Elias Ezra was born in 1871,<ref name=jwa>[http://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/baghdadi-jewish-women-in-india Baghdadi Jewish Women in India.] Joan G. Roland and Tamar Marge Gubbay, Jewish Women's Archive. Retrieved 6 September 2015.</ref> the son of [[Elias David Ezra]] and the grandson of [[David Joseph Ezra]]. He married [[Rachel Sassoon Ezra|Rachel Sassoon]], daughter of [[Solomon David Sassoon (1841–1894)|Solomon David Sassoon]].<ref>[http://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/sassoon-flora Jewish Women's Archive: Flora Sassoon]</ref> Ezra owned various properties in [[Kolkata|Calcutta]], including the [[Esplanade Mansions, Kolkata|Esplanade Mansions]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Niyogi |first=Subhro |last2=Ray |first2=Saikat |date=4 November 2024 |title=Kolkata's 237-year-old building has survived earthquakes and cyclones, can stand for 100 more years: Expert |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/kolkatas-237-year-old-building-has-survived-earthquakes-and-cyclones-can-stand-for-100-more-years-expert/articleshow/114930463.cms |access-date=17 June 2025 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=24 November 2021 |title=Jews of Kolkata: A slice of history |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/india/jews-of-kolkata-a-slice-of-history-1054020.html |access-date=17 June 2025 |website=Deccan Herald}}</ref> | ||
==Positions== | ==Positions and honors== | ||
Ezra was Sheriff of Calcutta and a director of the [[Reserve Bank of India]].<ref>[http://www.dangoor.com/issue76/articles/76060.htm Prominent Iraqi Jews of recent times.] Meer Basri, ''The Scribe'', Issue 76, Spring 2003. Retrieved 6 September 2015.</ref> He was president of the Jewish Relief Association<ref name="Roland">{{cite book|author=Roland, Joan G.|title=The Jewish Communities of India: Identity in a Colonial Era|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kHJccZ92IecC&pg=PA177|edition=2nd|year=1998|publisher=Transaction Publishers|location=New Brunswick|isbn=978-1-4128-3748-4|pages=177–178}}</ref> and of [[The Asiatic Society]].<ref>[http://www.jewishcalcutta.in/exhibits/show/imp_mem_com/david_j_ezra David Joseph Ezra.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304230410/http://www.jewishcalcutta.in/exhibits/show/imp_mem_com/david_j_ezra |date=4 March 2016 }} ''Recalling Jewish Calcutta: Memories of the Jewish community in Calcutta''. Retrieved 6 September 2015.</ref> | Ezra was [[Sheriff of Kolkata|Sheriff of Calcutta]] and a director of the [[Reserve Bank of India]].<ref>[http://www.dangoor.com/issue76/articles/76060.htm Prominent Iraqi Jews of recent times.] Meer Basri, ''The Scribe'', Issue 76, Spring 2003. Retrieved 6 September 2015.</ref> He was president of the Jewish Relief Association<ref name="Roland">{{cite book|author=Roland, Joan G.|title=The Jewish Communities of India: Identity in a Colonial Era|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kHJccZ92IecC&pg=PA177|edition=2nd|year=1998|publisher=Transaction Publishers|location=New Brunswick|isbn=978-1-4128-3748-4|pages=177–178}}</ref> and of [[The Asiatic Society]].<ref>[http://www.jewishcalcutta.in/exhibits/show/imp_mem_com/david_j_ezra David Joseph Ezra.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304230410/http://www.jewishcalcutta.in/exhibits/show/imp_mem_com/david_j_ezra |date=4 March 2016 }} ''Recalling Jewish Calcutta: Memories of the Jewish community in Calcutta''. Retrieved 6 September 2015.</ref> Ezra was knighted by [[Monarchy of the United Kingdom|King]] [[George V]] in 1927.<ref>{{Cite web |title=THE KAISAR-I-HIND GOLD MEDAL, AWARDED TO LADY RACHEL EZRA (NÉE SASSOON) IN 1947 {{!}} SASSOON: A Golden Legacy {{!}} 2020 |url=https://www.sothebys.com/buy/b1468a94-8da0-4182-8241-1875e94bd01d/lots/52f385a7-4d15-437c-bc90-5f99fe277bfc |access-date=17 June 2025 |website=Sotheby's}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Abraham |first=I.S. |title=The Origin and History of the Calcutta Jews |url=https://ia801501.us.archive.org/6/items/in.ernet.dli.2015.461583/2015.461583.The-Origin_text.pdf |access-date=18 June 2025 |website=Internet Archive |publisher=N. S. Levi |page=68 |format=PDF |publication-place=Bombay}}</ref> | ||
==Death== | ==Death== | ||
[[File:Jewish Cemetery beside Narkeldanga Main Road in Kolkata 20.jpg|thumb|right|Grave in Kolkata]] | |||
Ezra died in 1947.<ref name=jwa/> | Ezra died in 1947.<ref name=jwa/> | ||
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Latest revision as of 01:50, 20 August 2025
Sir David Elias Ezra (1871-1947) (or simply Sir David Ezra) was a prominent member of the Baghdadi Jewish community in Calcutta, India. Ezra was a property owner and a director of the Reserve Bank of India.[1][2][3]
Early life and family[edit | edit source]
David Elias Ezra was born in 1871,[4] the son of Elias David Ezra and the grandson of David Joseph Ezra. He married Rachel Sassoon, daughter of Solomon David Sassoon.[5] Ezra owned various properties in Calcutta, including the Esplanade Mansions.[6][7]
Positions and honors[edit | edit source]
Ezra was Sheriff of Calcutta and a director of the Reserve Bank of India.[8] He was president of the Jewish Relief Association[9] and of The Asiatic Society.[10] Ezra was knighted by King George V in 1927.[11][12]
Death[edit | edit source]
Ezra died in 1947.[4]
See also[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "All that is left of the Jewish community in Kolkata: Two synagogues, a cemetery, two schools & a bakery". The Economic Times. 23 December 2017. ISSN 0013-0389. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
- ↑ Imber, Elizabeth E. (2025). Uncertain Empire: Jews, Nationalism, and the Fate of British Imperialism. Stanford: Stanford University Press. ISBN 978-1-5036-4245-4.
- ↑ Roland, Joan G. (2019). "Negotiating identity in a changing world: From British colonialism to Indian independence". In Weil, Shalva (ed.). The Baghdadi Jews in India: Maintaining Communities, Negotiating Identities and Creating Super-Diversity. Oxfordshire: Routledge. ISBN 978-0-429-53387-7.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Baghdadi Jewish Women in India. Joan G. Roland and Tamar Marge Gubbay, Jewish Women's Archive. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
- ↑ Jewish Women's Archive: Flora Sassoon
- ↑ Niyogi, Subhro; Ray, Saikat (4 November 2024). "Kolkata's 237-year-old building has survived earthquakes and cyclones, can stand for 100 more years: Expert". The Times of India. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
- ↑ "Jews of Kolkata: A slice of history". Deccan Herald. 24 November 2021. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
- ↑ Prominent Iraqi Jews of recent times. Meer Basri, The Scribe, Issue 76, Spring 2003. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
- ↑ Roland, Joan G. (1998). The Jewish Communities of India: Identity in a Colonial Era (2nd ed.). New Brunswick: Transaction Publishers. pp. 177–178. ISBN 978-1-4128-3748-4.
- ↑ David Joseph Ezra. Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine Recalling Jewish Calcutta: Memories of the Jewish community in Calcutta. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
- ↑ "THE KAISAR-I-HIND GOLD MEDAL, AWARDED TO LADY RACHEL EZRA (NÉE SASSOON) IN 1947 | SASSOON: A Golden Legacy | 2020". Sotheby's. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
- ↑ Abraham, I.S. "The Origin and History of the Calcutta Jews" (PDF). Internet Archive. Bombay: N. S. Levi. p. 68. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
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