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- Framji Cowasji Banaji, Esq. (3 April 1767 – 12 February 1851) was born in Bombay (now Mumbai) to a Parsi family. His father, Cowasji Byramji (1744-1834), was a merchant, trading in cotton and had trading links with China, England and various Indian cities. He was the lease holder of Poway estate (now Powai). During his lifetime he did much for the city and his country and its people for which a Framji Cawasji Institute (now Framji Cowasji Hall) was built after his death. Some of his achievements were:-
* First Justice of Peace in Bombay.
* First to introduce engineering contrivances in the matter of carrying water from one place to another by means of pipes .
* Sent native fruit Mango that was grown in his estate of Powai as a present to the Queen of the United Kingdom on 18 May 1838.
* He rebuilt a Tank at Dhobi Talao at his own expense. In recognition of this noble act, the well was henceforth known as The Framji Cowasji Tank.
* He funded building of the Tower of Silence at Chowpati hill (now Malabar Hill).
* He along with his brothers and nephew funded building of Banaji Atash Behram in the memory of his parents Cowasji and Bai Jaiji in 1845.
* He was instrumental in the success of the Elphinstone College, Bombay (now Mumbai).
* He was also a benefactor of the student's Literary and Scientific Society (LSS) in India. (en)
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- Framji Cowasji Banaji, Esq. (3 April 1767 – 12 February 1851) was born in Bombay (now Mumbai) to a Parsi family. His father, Cowasji Byramji (1744-1834), was a merchant, trading in cotton and had trading links with China, England and various Indian cities. He was the lease holder of Poway estate (now Powai). During his lifetime he did much for the city and his country and its people for which a Framji Cawasji Institute (now Framji Cowasji Hall) was built after his death. Some of his achievements were:- (en)
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