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. Due to newly introduced bureaucratic procedures, Parsiana has been unable to access the intercommunity figures since over a year.
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. As some parties do not wish the name of the deceased to be published, the actual number of those cremated may be more than the figures shown in the magazine for the concerned month.
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.
Bombay
died
consigned
Rohinton Rustom Mehta (80), husband of late
Soonu, son of late Hilla
and late Rustom and
brother of Neville, Jasmine Homi Kapadia and Katy Rustom Modi, residing at Panday Bglw, Panday
Rd, Colaba, 400005
on December 9, 2024
Roshan Soli Hozdar (70), wife of late Soli, daughter of Soonamai and late Ardeshir Kapadia, mother of Benaifer Karl Wadia and Tishtar and
sister of late Merwan
Kapadia, Dinaz Rayomand Velati and Coomi Mehernosh Daruwala, E/34, Jer Baug, Dr Ambedkar Rd, Byculla (E), 400027; December 10
Khushru Jamshedji Khajotia (82), husband of Armaity, son of late Alamai and late Jamshedji, father of Jamshyd and Burzin and brother of Dhun Kersi Batiwala,
late Tehmina Shapurji Hansotia, Freny Rusi Bharucha and Nergish Noshir Bharucha, 33/M-1, Merwanjee Cama Park Co-op Hsg Soc Ltd, Cama Rd, Andheri (W), 400058; December 11
Mehernosh Burjor Vakil (50), son of late Mani and late Burjor, 644, Dinabad, Khareghat Cross Road no 10, Parsi Clny, Dadar (E), 400014; December 12
Khorshed Kaikhushroo Guzder (81), daughter of late Goola and late Kaikhushroo and sister of late Amy Pesi Sethna, Plot no 17, Vijay Bhavan, A Wing, Wadhwa Co-op Hsg Soc, next Sopari Talao Muncipal School, Bandra (W), 400050; December 13
Gulshan Rohinton Irani (73), wife of late Rohinton, daughter of late Shirin and late Aspandiar Irani, mother of Rayomand and Khoremand and sister of late Nariman Irani and
Minocher Irani, F/54,
Cusrow Baug, Colaba, 400001; December 13
Minoo Darabsha Navalmanek (89), husband of Kety, son of late Tehmina and late Darabsha and brother of late Banoo, late Homi and late Burjor, 102, Meher Homes Co-op Hsg Soc, Stn Rd, Jogeshwari (W), 400102; December 13
Adal Kaikhushru Subedar (91), husband of Roda, son of late Banubai and late Kaikhushru, father of Khushnaz Subedar (Loy Rego) and late Cyrus
and brother of late Rusi, A/1004, Kachkaikhana
Co-op Hsg Soc, G. D.
Ambekar Rd, Wadala, 400031; December 13
Dinshaw Behramshaw Wadia (75), husband of late Silloo, son of late Jaiji and late Behramshaw, father of Yazad and late Farhad and brother of Behroze S. Screwvala, Perin N. Pardiwalla, Amy M. Daruwalla and late Dolly T. Dhamodiwalla, 275-B, Captain Bldg no 23, Zoroastrian Clny, Chikalwadi, Grant Rd, 400007; December 13
Shapur Rustom Faroodi (62), husband of late Mahnaz, son of late Sarwar and late Rustom and father of Farishtey Shahrom Felfeli and Shahzad and brother of Gitty, Dilnavaz and Sharnaz, 732, Dinshaw Hse, Jehangir Vimadalal Rd, Parsi Clny, Dadar, 400014; December 14
Rezashah Pirojshah Chothia (93), husband of Freni, son of late Hirabai and late
Pirojshah, father of Shenaz Vistasp Mewawalla and brother of Dara, late Rustomji, late Homi, late Savak, late Villa, late Dina, late Gool and late Mani, 5/602, Firozgar, Behram Baug Parsi Clny, Oshiwara, Jogeshwari (W), 400102; December 15
Roshan Jal Balaporia (92), wife of late Jal, daughter of late Dhun and late Kaikhushru Bode, mother of Parvez and Behnaz Sharukh Tara and sister of Banu, late Minoo Bode and late Adi Bode, Q/4, S. B. Bharucha Baug, S. V. Rd, opp Shoppers Stop, Andheri (W), 400058; December 16
cremated
Jal Jonathan (Jehangir) Mugaseth (65), son of Barbara and Jehangir, 6, Cambridge Apt, Apt 1601, Cambridge, Massachussetts, 02142-1401, USA;
December 6
Meherdad Faredoon Parvaresh (71), son of Shirinzaban and Faredoon and brother of Shahzad, Roshan, Meheran, Seema, Farahnaaz, late Sarvar and late Meherangiz, B/3, Deep Sagar, Bank of Baroda Emp Co-op Hsg Soc, Prof N. S. Phadke Marg, Gundivli, Andheri (E), 400069;
December 19
Mehroo Pestonji Vasunia (91), daughter of ALlan and Pestonji and sister of late Jiju, Dina Bldg, 53, M. Karve Rd, Marine Lines, 400002; December 20
Azarime Fali Poncha (93), wife of late Fali, daughter of Manek and Nariman Postwala, mother of Fali and Raiomond and sister of late Raiomand Postwala and late Nergis Behram Cama; C/7, Ness Baug, Nana Chowk, 400007; December 24
Jimmy Faredoon Motafram (78), husband of Perviz, son of Mani and Faredoon, father of Kaizeen and
Pirzad and brother of
Maharukh Sohrab Vazifdar, 42, Peridot, 22-A, Perry Cross Rd, Bandra (W), 400050; December 25
POONA
died
Kamal Nozer Irani (55), wife of late Nozer, daughter of late Homai and late Kaikhushru Vankadia, mother of Monaz and sister of Yasmin, Mani, Niloufer and late Farida, A/305, J. J. Parsee Clny, Lullanagar, 411040; November 4
Adi Framroz Irani (Mehershahi) (81), husband of Shernaz, son of late Dhun and Framroz, father of Dinshaw and Mahnaz Baman Irani and brother of late Rustom, Jal, Tiran, Aspi, Dinaz, Zarina, Farokh and Noshir, L/242, Parmar Residency, N. I. B. M.
Rd, Kondhwa, 411048; November 6
Homi Dinshaw Mehta (84), husband of late Homai, son of late Kumi and Dinshaw, father of Niloufer Noshir Tarapore and Hushedar
and brother of Kersi, B 201, Konak Indrajee Enclave Phase 2, N. I. B. M. Rd, Kondhwa, 411048;
November 19
Sheriar Framrose Taraporewalla (78), A-301, Parsee Clny, Lullanagar, 411040; November 27
• • •
PAKISTAN
Karachi
died
Hoshang Burjorji Patel, son of late Piroja and late Burjorji and brother of late Rati H. Sanjana, late Minocher and Freny H. Chinoy;
December 10
Zenobia Darabshah Shroff, sister of late Jehanara Shroff and late Hira Jamshed Patel;
December 11
Faredoon Homi Dotiwalla, husband of Farida, father of Neville Mehta and brother of Katy Maneck Javat and Farida Rusi Kerawalla; December 23
Rustom Dinyar Afreen,
husband of Humma and
father of Burzin and
Mehran; December 25
PORTUGAL
died
Raiyan Burjor Banaji (34), husband of Roshni, son of Jenai and Burjor and
brother of Aresh in
Lisbon; December 3
USA
California
died
Behram Laskari, brother of Dinyar, Hutokshi and Hufriz in Walnut Creek; December 18
Maryland
died
Rustum Edul Bankwalla, husband of late Navaz, father of Adil, Viraf and Shahroakh and brother of late Ken, Jehangir, Freny Bankwalla, late Dolly Dalal and late Nergis Dubash; December 22
Texas
died
Bapsi Noshir Sidhwa (86), wife of late Noshir, daughter of Tehmina and Peshotan Bhandara, mother of Khodadad Kermani, Mohur Sidhwa and Parizad Sidhwa and sister of late Minoo Bhandara and Feroze
Bhandara in Houston;
December 25
• • •
Figures for Bombay
January 1-December 25, 2024
Marriages
Parsi: 33
Deaths: 633
Consigned to dakhmas: 566
Males: 278, Females: 288
Cremated: 67
Males: 24, Females: 43
Compiled by Roxan A. Driver