Parsiana sources information for the Milestones column from various anjumans, hospitals, individuals, newsletters and publications. While much of the material is sketchy, the Bombay marriages and death lists are quite exhaustive.
Data on marriages within the community in Bombay is culled four times in a year from the office of the Registrar of Marriages at the Bombay High Court and on interfaith unions from the Registrar of Marriages offices at Fort and Khar. There may be an inadvertent repetition of names in the marriage list when a civil marriage precedes a religious ceremony.
The list of the deceased with the causes of deaths for those consigned to the Doongerwadi in Bombay is provided by the Bombay Parsi Punchayet with a disclaimer that the information has not been verified or authenticated by them. The Worli Prayer Hall sends Parsiana names of those cremated there.
The last few names of those deceased in April 2023 find mention here as well as those who passed away till May 10.
In the break-up of Bombay Doongerwadi deaths, especially of the elderly, death is often due to a combination of several diseases.
Causes of deaths for April 2023: The major killer was heart disease which claimed 13 lives. Of those, 10 were over 80 years. Six patients each succumbed to brain disease, diabetes and pneumonia/lung disease, four to cancer and two each to sepsis and hypertension. Septicemia, hemiplegia (muscle weakness), multi organ failure, kidney failure and old age/general debility felled one Zoroastrian each. The cause of death for two victims was mentioned as "unspecified natural causes.” The eldest age at death was 98 years, the youngest, 51. The mean age at death of Zoroastrians for April 2023 in Bombay was 81 years. The life expectancy at birth for males was 79 years and for females, 84 years.
Parsiana also receives death intimations from the Poona Parsi Panchayat, Parsi Zoroastrian Anjuman of Secunderabad and Hyderabad, The Surat Parsi Panchayat Funds and Properties Trust, Jhansi Parsi Anjuman, Nagpur Parsi Punchayet, Zoroastrian Society of Ontario, Fram Framji of Karachi, Dr Ardeshir Damania of California and Arnavaz Sethna of Houston.
Data on births in Bombay is made available by the Breach Candy Hospital. Births in other hospitals and private nursing homes are included when an individual sends us information together with a copy of the birth certificate.
If readers have any births/ marriages/deaths they would like published, they are welcome to write to/email us. Some proof to ensure the veracity of the report would be necessary. We are sure our readers would appreciate this requirement.
ahmedabad
died
Loveji Mahiar Khambhatta (69), husband of Tenaz and father of Tushna and Farzan
on May 1, 2023
Bombay
born
A boy to Divya Mubayi and Darius Vakil; Apil 6
A boy to Simone Pardiwalla and Sachet Shah; April 8
A boy to Karishma and Yazdan Cooper; April 23
A boy to Benafsha and Bakhtyar Irani; April 27
married
Zeenia Merzi Chinoy and
Farzan Firoze Vania;
December 9, 2022
Meherzin Percy Lakadia and Fredoon Rohinton Dadachanji; January 16, 2023
Sanaeya Adil Adajania and Porus Dinshaw Golwalla; February 19
Shara Rustom Sethna and Homi Khushroo Rustumji of Bangalore; February 21
Zenia Rustom Cassinath and Arnez Kali Driver; February 24
Farashah Shahrukh Kavarana of Mankhurd and Ahunavar Shahin Mehershahi;
February 24
Mahafreen Shiraz Mehta of Nagpur and Yohan Firdosh Mehta of Thana; February 24
Benaz Darayush Contractor and Aarish Sarosh Daruwalla; February 25
Dilnavaaz Diniar Irani of Cuttack and Hormaz Rohin Bomanji; February 26
Parveen Vispi Dastoor of Surat and Zarvan Gev Karai; February 26
Khushnuma Noshir Pestonji and Mikhail Jamshed Engineer; February 27
Farzin Pervez Daruwalla and Ramin Aspi Irani of New
Bombay; February 27
Karishma Mehernosh Karkaria and Jimmy Aspi Sadri;
March 18
Dilshad Dinyar Sachinwalla and Parvez Hoshang Daru- walla; April 2
died
consigned
Dara Nowroji Mehta (77), husband of Shernaz, son of late Khorshed and Nowroji and brother of Makka, Godrej and Aspi, residing at 2003, Hilla Towers, Dr S. S. Rao Rd, Lalbaug, 400012; April 15
Katy Eruch Mody (89), wife of Eruch, daughter of late Jerbai an late Pirojsha, mother of Afrid Kerman Patel and late Dinshaw Framroze Todiwalla and sister of late Nariman Anklesaria, late Minoo Anklesaria, late Mithu and late Mehroo, N-14, S. B. Bharucha Baug,
S. V. Rd, Andheri (W), 400058; April 26
Erach Kaikobad Vakil (94), husband of late Banoo, son of late Tehmina and late Kaikobad, father of Adil and Yasmin Sharukh Cooper and brother of Dhun, late Firoze and Perin, All Bless Disp Bldg, Gilder Lane, Lamington Rd, 400008; April 27
Shahrukh Dinsha Irani (70), husband of Perin, son of late Freny and late Dinsha, father of Shavir and Sharmin and brother of Viraf and Donesh, B-50, Seth M. A. Patel Co-op Hsg Soc, Paliram Rd, opp BMC K Ward Off, Andheri (W),
400058; April 28
Mehernosh Minoo Billimoria (61), husband of Farida, son of late Dhun and Minoo, father of Hanoz and brother of Godrej and Homiyar, 25, Panday Sanatorium, Merwan Baug, 108, Wodehouse Rd, opp Hotel President, Colaba, 400005; April 29
Mani Soli Bharucha (93), wife of late Soli, daughter of late Gaimai and Eruch Driver, mother of late Rohinton, Eruch and Neville and sister of late Edi, late Frenny, late Sheroo, late Nergis and Zarine, Lucky Mans, 250, Perin Nariman St, 400001; May 1
Zarin Behram Dabu (79), wife of late Behram, daughter of late Mehra and Savaksha Patel, mother of Firuzi Vistasp Mehta and sister of late Jangoo Patel and Eric Patel, 6, Dhun Abad, 106, Bhulabhai Desai Rd, 400036; May 1
Dolly Savak Mistry (74), wife of late Savakshaw, daughter of late Aloo and late Eruch and sister of Villi and Khurshed, 102/6B, Salsette Parsi Clny, Pump Hse, Andheri (E), 400093; May 1
Yasmin Zareer Panthaky (65), wife of Zareer, daughter of Nergish and late Rusi Dastoor (Meherji Rana) and sister of Berjore Dastoor, 721-A, Choksi Bldg, Rd No 4, Parsi Clny, Dadar, 400014; May 2
Bepsy Parvez Bajan (72), wife of Parvez, daughter of Perinbanoo and Bomansha Palkhiwala, mother of Darayus, Navaz Hormuz Dadachanji and Yasmin Mehernosh Panthaky, 22, Hormuz Bldg, Dadoji Kondke Rd, near Rani Baug, Byculla, 400027; May 3
Neli Mehernosh Narialvala (92), wife of late Mehernosh, daughter of late Hilla and Savak Lala Gandhi, K-4/14, Merwanji Cama Park, Merwanji Cama Rd, Andheri (W), 400058; May 3
Veera Sarosh Jamshedji (66), wife of Sarosh, daughter of late Shirin and Cawas Amrolia, mother of Nawaz and Percy and sister of Zerxes Amrolia, Khorshed Kaikhushroo Writer, Pinaz Furdoon Jokhi, Anaita Homiyor Chothia and late Zarin Mehernosh Mullan, 2/26 B, The Reward, next to Ganga Jamuna Theatre, Tardeo, 400007; May 5
Baji Jal Mistry (91), husband of Roshan, son of late Meherbai and late Jalejar, father of Godrej and Dinaz Nozer Vankadia and brother of Pervez, Jamshed and Yasmin, K-1/22, Cama Park, Cama Rd, opp Andheri Stn, Andheri (W), 400058; May 6
Bomi Dinshaw Avari (71), husband of Tara, son of late Roshan and late Dinshaw, father of Zinia and Mehernosh and brother of Dara, Pervez, Vispi and late Behram, B/1,
Petit Bldg, Petit St, opp Balaram St, Grant Rd,
400007; May 7
Yasmin Behram Gandhi (84), wife of late Behram, daughter of late Freny and Rustomji Daruvala and sister of Sheroo Sam Nagarwalla, late Banu Dara Chinoy, late Phiroze Daruvala and Kersi Daruvala, 10/8, Old Khareghat Clny, N. S. Patkar Marg, Babulnath, 400007; May 7
Noshir Manchershaw Shethna (83), husband of late Dinoo, son of late Soonamai and Manchershaw, father of Khushnum and brother of late Khorshed, Mehra, Perin, Homai, Tehmi, Aloo, Jal, Aspi and Perviz, 4, Clover, Sleater Rd, 400007; May 7
Niloufer Hoshang Rudina (70), wife of late Hoshang, daughter of late Goolmai and late Hormusji Naterwalla, mother of Khushru and sister of Bepsy Vispi Crawford, Soonu Hoshang Buhariwalla and late Jangoo Naterwalla, Room no 7, Talukdar Bldg, Marzban Clny, Bombay Central, 400011; May 8
Freny Cawas Baria (84), wife of Cawas, daughter of late Kolamai and late Cawas Vakil, mother of Zenobia Khushroo Press and sister of late Roshan and late Rusi Vakil, 3/5, Sir Dorab Tata Bldg, Tata Blocks, S. V. Rd, opp Shroff Eye
Hosp, Bandra (W), 400050; May 9
Daulat Soli Javeri (90), wife of late Soli, daughter of late Maneckbai and late Dhunjisha Mehta, mother of Pervin and sister of late Sheroo, Dini Mehta and Behram Mehta, 61, Bakhtawar, Narayan Dabholkar Rd, off Napean Sea Rd, 400006; May 9
Jamshed Sorabji Minocherhomji (84), husband of late Freny, son of late Tehmina and late Sorabji, father of Farokh and brother of Homi, Eruch and late Kersi, 1-B/106, Salsette Parsi Clny, Pump Hse, Andheri (E), 400093; May 9
Mani Pirojshaw Daruwalla (87), daughter of late Goolbai and Pirojshaw and sister of Arni, late Siloo and Jejoo, F-12, Cusrow Baug, S. B. Rd, 400039; May 10
cremated
Adi Savaksha Dubash (91), husband of late Jaloo, son of late Roshanbanu and late Savaksha, father of Tehmton and late Vera and brother of Maneck, Sheroo and late Burjor; 504/8, Behram Baug Parsi Clny, Oshiwara, Jogeshwari (W), 400102; April 28
Sherna Russy Gandhy (70), daughter of Rati and late Russy and sister of late Cyrus, 2B, Girnar Apt, Nargis Dutt Rd, Bandra (W), 400050; April 28
Katayune Jamshed Bandorawalla (88), wife of late Jamshed, daughter of late
Bacha and late Phiroze
Marshall, father of Rustom
and Tozer and sister of Zarir Marshall, late Eruch, late
Dinu Pesi Dhala and late
Darius Marshall, 102,
Cumballa Crest, 42, Peddar
Rd, 400026; May 10
Silloo Dady Baxter (77), daughter of late Dina and late Dady and sister of Mithoo Norton Benner, Roshan, Hilloo Jami Jambusarwala and Ruby Shiraz Lalkaka, Enchante,
14th Rd, Khar (W), 400052; May 10
• • •
Figures for Bombay
January 1-May 10, 2023
Marriages: 33
Parsi: 33
Interfaith: --
Males married out: --
Females married out: --
Deaths: 239
Consigned to dakhmas: 211
Males: 102, Females: 109
Cremated: 28
Males: 12, Females: 16
Compiled by Roxan A. Driver