Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy of Bombay – Partnership and Public Culture in Empire by Jesse S. Palsetia. Published in 2015 by Oxford University Press, YMCA Library Building, 1 Jai Singh Road, New Delhi 110001. Pp: ix + 209. Price: Rs 795 (hardback).
Even 157 years after his passing, there will hardly be any inhabitant of the great megapolis of Bombay who has not heard of Sir Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy Bart (July 15, 1783-April 14, 1859) and the great institutions he and his wife Lady Avabai set up largely with their own funds. This biographical book is divided into an Introduction and six chapters, each......