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 March 2023 find mention here as well as those who passed away till April 11.
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 March 2023: Cancer was the major killer claiming 10 lives. Other deaths were attributed to pneumonia/lung disease (eight), kidney failure (six), brain and heart disease (five each, of whom two had crossed 80 years of age), multi organ failure (four), septic shock (three), liver disease (two) and diabetes, urinary tract infection, cachexia, death due to polytrauma, old age/general debility, hypertension, hyponatremia (a condition that occurs when the level of sodium in the blood is too low) and Parkinson’s disease (one each). The youngest to breathe his last was a 16-year-old boy who took his own life. Ninety-eight was the highest age at death. The community also lost two youths: a 20-year-old female and a 28-year-old male. The mean age at death of Zoroastrians for March 2023 in Bombay was 76 years. The life expectancy at birth for males was 73 years and for females, 80 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.
BANGALORE
died
Faroukh Darab Mistry (84) on March 16, 2024
Bombay
born
A girl, Anaisha, to Tanaz and Firdosh Surti; January 20
A boy, Fravash, to Tanuja and Farzad Khambatta; February 7
A boy, Arzan, to Friya Palia and Yazad Damania; March 6
A boy to Zeenia and Ruzbeh Raja; March 14
A boy to Jenai and Byram Wadia; March 14
A girl to Delzeen Damania and Jehan Sabavala; March 22
A girl to Delnavaz Mehta and Cyrus Dadachanji; March 25
died
consigned
Banoo Firoz Irani (87), wife of late Firoz, daughter of late Khodamurad, mother of Mithra Shahzad Kalantary and Minaz Farokh Katrak and sister of late Mohinbanu, Morvarid and Rustom, residing at Room no 7, Patel Bldg, Cama Rd, Andheri (W), 400058; March 25
Merwan Darab Zainabadi (81), husband of Freny, son of late Homai and Perin Darab Zainabadi, father of Farhana Jimmy Shroff, Rashna Finhas Jhaveri and Porus and brother of Banoo, Thrity, Adi, Nergish, late Perviz and Rustom, 7, Byculla Chmbs, Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Rd, Byculla, 400027; March 25
Nurgesh Darashaw Motashaw (98), daughter of late Jer Darashaw Motashaw and sister of late Rusi Motashaw, Marazban Motashaw, Gool and Sam Motashaw, 38, Sterling Apt, Dr Gopal Rao Deshmukh Rd, next to Sophia College Lane, Pedder Rd, Cumballa Hill, 400026; March 27
Maneck Gustad Reporter (92), daughter of late Meher and late Gustad and sister of late Eruch Reporter and late Mehli Reporter, B/2, Ness Baug, Nana Chowk, 400007; March 27
Mehli Sohrab Kharas (88), husband of Rhoda, son of late Shireen and Sohrab, father of Minu, Naaz and Anahita and brother of Jahangir, Rati and Leena, 201, Oceanic Bldg, 321, Carter Rd, Bandra, 400050; March 28
Roshen Pesi Moos (88), wife of late Pesi, daughter of late Goolbai and late Bahmansha Nargilwala, mother of Shirley Husain Merchant and sister of late Minu Nargilwala, Sam Nargilwala and Jalli, Gulshan Bldg, 3rd Pasta Lane, Colaba, 400005; March 29
Freny Jahangirji Anklesaria (72), wife of Jahangirji, daughter of late Rati and late Nariman Patel, mother of Meenaz Vassem Khan and sister of Roshan Dali Cooper and Kashmira Kersi Karkariya, A-14 - 41, Broadway Avenue, opp Jangid Complex, Mira Rd (E), Thana, 401107; April 1
Ketty Ratan Mehta (89), wife of late Ratan, daughter of late Ratamai and late Eruchsha Pastakia and sister of late Jalu Pastakia, Q-4, Dalal Est, Lamington Rd, Bombay Central, 400008; April 1
Cawas Khosrow Seniar (69), son of late Nergish and late Khosrow and brother of
Bakhtawar Meherban
Roshanrawan, A/12, Nandan Co-op Hsg Soc, Cadell Rd, Mahim, 400016; April 1
Hoshang Phirozshaw
Billimoria (63), son of late Tehmina and late Phirozshaw and brother of Mehernosh, Aspi and late Rohinton, 7/9, Rustom Baug, Victoria Rd, Byculla (E), 400027; April 2
Jehangir Hormusji Randeria (71), husband of Dilnavaz, son of late Rati and late Hormusji, father of Frayoz and Rohan and brother of Hutoxi Dara Mistry and late Bepsi Minoo Gadiwalla, 11/5, Mody Bldg, Gamadia Clny, Tardeo, 400007; April 2
Roshan Minoo Irani (86), wife of late Minoo, son of late Daulat and late Aspandiar Fuladi, mother of Armaity Sheriar Irani and Faredoon and sister of late Dinshaw, late Jamshed, late Rustom and Shirin K. Kajian, 15, Elphine Grove, Malcolm Baug, opp Best Bus Depot, Jogeshwari (W), 400102;
April 3
Perin Tehmuraspa Bhathena (77), wife of late Tehmuraspa, daughter of late Pirojbai and Pirojsha Karkaria, mother of Meherangiz Adil Billimoria and Ruby Merwaan Farog and sister of Sham Karkaria and late Manek Karkaria, E/28, Cusrow Baug, S. B. Rd, 400001; April 4
Ketty Dara Dotiwala (96), wife of late Dara, daughter of late Ratanbai Pirojsha Suratia, mother of Rukshana Rumy Chinoy and Shernaz Avtar Bhogal and sister of late Dara Suratia and late Nariman Suratia, 729, Sarosh Bldg, J. Vimadalal Rd, Parsi Clny, Dadar, 400014; April 4
Dara Cawasji Poonawalla (95), husband of late Roshan, son of late Najamai and late Cawasji, father of Kashmira Homi Marolia and Ketayun Kaizad Sukhia and brother of Khorshed Irani, Jimmy and late Banoo, 3/A-601, Salsette Parsi Clny, opp Pump Hse, Andheri (E), 400093; April 4
Meki Jehangirji Bagwalla (87), son of late Sheramai and late Jehangirji and brother of Dhun Dossu Karkariya, Dolly Dara Dotivalla, Hosi, Viraf and late Jimmy, E/26, Godrej Baug, off Nepeansea Rd, 400026; April 5
Kamal Noshir Bhandari (75), wife of Noshir, daughter of late
Ketty and late Minoo Cooper and mother of Burzes and
Sheharnaz Freddy Vatcha, Room no 8, 2A, Sonawala Bldg, Tardeo, 400007; April 5
Aloo Minoo Dhalla (89), wife of late Minoo, daughter of late Banoobai and late Ardesher Sidhwa, mother of Adil and sister of Jamshed Sidhwa, late Dhun N. Dastoor, late Homiyar Sidhwa and late Palanji Sidhwa, 792, Dina Manzil, Jame Jamshed Rd, Parsi Clny, Dadar (E), 400014; April 7
Homai Manchersha Karkaria (98), daughter of late Najamai and late Manchersha Karkaria, F. S. Parukh Dharamshalla, Hughes Rd, 400007; April 7
Xerxes Kershasp Aga (82), son of late Khorshed and late
Kershasp and father of Urvaksh and Fravashi, 7, Oval View, 150, M. Karve Rd, Churchgate, 400020; April 8
Jahanbux Burjor Bhathena (87), husband of late Homai, son of late Bakhtawar and
Barjor, father of Kashmira E. Billimoria and brother of late Dinyar, B/41, Bina Apt, M. V. Rd, near Ganesh Mandir,
Andheri (E), 400069; April 8
Sami Behram Dalal (77), son of late Coomi and late Behram and brother of Viraf and Katy Gayomard Irani, 11/12-A, B. S. Panthaki Baug, Andheri (E), 400069; April 8
Zarin Edulji Contractor (81), daughter of late Shirin and late Edulji, 201/A, Simla Hse Co-op Hsg Soc Ltd, A. K. Marg, Nepeansea Rd, 400036; April 10
cremated
Phiroze Faramji Bandrawala (96), husband of late Mehroo, son of late Tehmina and late Faramji and father of Katy, Godrej and Karl, 151, Tower A/6, Godrej Garden Enclave, Pirojsha Ngr, Vikhroli, 400079; March 28
Rhoda Kaikhashru Patel (82), wife of Kishin Panjabi, daughter of late Dina and late Kaikhashru Patel, mother of Sanjeev and sister of Veera and late Rohinton Patel, 7, Ashiana, 10th, N. S. Rd, JVPD Scheme, Juhu, 400049; April 2
BULSAR
died
Rusi Perojshah Guard (76), huband of Homai, son of late Sherbanu and late Perojshah, father of Ferzin Khushru Kadwa, Havovi and Sarosh, B-31, Rustomji Master Apt, Mota Parsiwad, 396001; March 21
NAVSARI
died
Khorshed Ardeshar Daruwala (84), mother of Firdosh
and Banoo Kersi Tamboly, Avanbaug, 396445; March 26
Jahabaksh Marazban Motiwala (78), husband of Roshan and father of Eric and Navaz Mehernosh Khambata, Avanbaug, 396445; April 5
SECUNDERABAD
born
A boy, Arhaan, to Zeba and Nevazar Tarapore; March 7
died
Darayus Rashid Jilla (36), son of Khursheed and Rashid and brother of Khushnuma Italia; March 15
Kety Parvez Mistry (77), wife of Parvez, mother of Daraesh and Yasmin Zarir Jilla, 10-2-181, 102, Sai Anjana Residency, St no 6, West Marredpally, 500026; March 18
IRAN
died
Azam Shakeri, mother of
Negar Shahpari; March 28
PAKISTAN
Karachi
died
Shahroakh Burjor Rabadi, husband of Poruchishti, son of late Daulat and Burjor, father of Diana Meherban Faroogh, Kairas and Shermeen Numazer Pavri and brother of late Roda Sajjid and Jamshed; March 22
Framroz (Filoo) Minocher
Kandawalla, husband of Soonu
and father of Rustom and Shireen
Hormuzd Mana; April 4
• • •
Figures for Bombay
January 1-April 10, 2024
Marriages: 14
Parsi: 14
Interfaith: --
Males married out: --
Females married out: --
Deaths: 176
Consigned to dakhmas: 163
Males: 87, Females: 76
Cremated: 13
Males: 4, Females: 9
Compiled by Roxan A. Driver