History of the Parsis : including their manners, customs, religion and present position : with coloured and other illustrations : in two volumes

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community, and a street in the Fort of Bombay has been named after him.’

Dadabhai Jamshedji Gamadia, the grandfather of the well-known and venerable Framji Nasarvanji Patel, was born at a place called Tena, near Surat. His ancestors were Patels of the place, and Dadabhai by his business habits soon raised himself to a good position. He was a member of the Parsi Panchayet, and built a fire-temple at Mazagon for the use of the residents of that district of Bombay.

Kamaji Kuvarji, who died in 1773, laid the foundation in Bombay of the well-known Kama family. He came to that city from the village of Tena, near Surat, in the year 1735, at the same time as Lavji Nasarvanji, the pioneer of shipbuilding in Bombay. He was employed in a position of trust and responsibility in the Government treasury. His two sons, Mancherji Kamaji and Edalji Kamaji, however, engaged themselves in trade with China during the lifetime of their father, and their descendants have continued to do so up to this day.” The Kama family has been well distinguished for its commercial enterprise, honesty, and uprightness in Bombay, and the city boasts of a good

* Behli Homji Street, which crosses the Elphinstone Circle and Bazar Gate Street.

* The well-known citizens, Mancherji Framji Kama, Pestanji Hormasji Kama, and Kharshedji Nasarvanji Kama, are descendants of Mancherji, and Mancherji Hormasji Kama is a descendant of the younger brother Edalji.