Rustamji Bahadurji became
Lucknow’s legal patriarch, both
respected and prosperous
Dr Shubhada Pandya
It was a happy coincidence that late 19th century Bombay produced two noted Parsi lawyers surnamed "Bahadurji” who were contemporaries. Dorabji Nasarvanji Bahadurji (1867-1956) and Rustamji Framji Bahadurji (circa1872-1951) were not related, and there is no record of direct interaction between them. Yet there were some parallels in addition to their shared surnames. Both were trained at the Middle Temple in London and were called to the Bar in 1895. They enrolled themselves as barristers in Bombay Presidency. The older man, Dorabji, spent his working life in Bombay and became an officer of the High Court. Rustamji started as a......