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Pherozeshah Mehta
Indian Parsi politician and lawyer
Sir Pherozeshah Merwanjee Mehta (4 August – 5 November ) was an Indian politician and lawyer from Bombay.
He was knighted by the British Government in India for his service to the law.
The garden was primarily dedicated to Pherozeshah Mehta, a prominent Parsi political leader, activist, and lawyer, whose contributions to the city led to him.
He became the Municipal commissioner of Bombay Municipality in and its president four times – , , and [1] Mehta was one of the founding members and President of the Indian National Congress in held at Calcutta.
Early life
Pherozeshah Merwanjee Mehta was born on 4 August, in Bombay City, Bombay Presidency, British India into a Gujarati-speaking ParsiZoroastrian family. His father, a Bombay-based businessman who also spent plenty of time in Calcutta, was not highly educated, but he did translate a Chemistry textbook into Gujarati and wrote a Geography textbook.[2] Graduating from the Elphinstone College in , Pherozeshah obtained his Master of Arts degree with honors six months later, becoming the first such Parsi, from t