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
Burjor Dossabhai Balsara (85), son of late Dhunmai and late Dossabhai and brother of Khorshed Homi Shroff and late Homai
Dara Ayem, residing at
303, Unique, Holy Cross Rd, I. C. Clny, Borivali (W), 400068 on
November 6, 2024
Homi Ruttonshaw Contractor (86), son of late Daulat and late Ruttonshaw and brother of Lovji and Freny Noshir Katelli, M-3, Nowroz Baug, Dr S. S.
Rd, Lalbaug, 400012;
November 6
Roshen Rusi Batiwalla (92), wife of late Rusi, daughter of late Goolbanu and late Pestonji Daruwala and sister of Freny Nariman Tavaria, 665, Band View, Lady Jehangir Rd, near Five Gardens, Parsi Clny, Dadar (E), 400014; November 7
Khorshed Soli Adrianwala (92), wife of late Soli, daughter of Najamai and late Dossabhai Ghandhi, mother of Hormuz and sister of Dali Gandhi, Rajgir Court, 302-A, Kohinoor
Rd, Dadar (E), 400014; November 8
Homi Kaikhasroo Dastoor (82), husband of Teresa, son of late Mani and late Kaikhasroo and brother of Aban, Sarosh and late Gool, 811, Jame Jamshed Bldg, Jame Jamshed Rd, Dadar (E), 400014; November 8
Mahrukh Dara Pavri (70), wife of Dara, daughter of late Tehmi and late Eruch Hilloo, mother of Neville and Kurush and sister of Katy Bharucha and Keki Hilloo, Katrak Rd, opp V. J. T. I. Hostel, Wadala (W), 400031; November 10
Amy Pihrojshaw Saher (92), wife of late Pihrojshah, daughter of late Nergish and late Jehangirji Dalal, mother of Dara, Tannaz and Xerxes and sister of late Mani, late Perin, late Jal Dalal, late Dhanji Dalal and late Roshan, 4/A, 406, Salsette Parsi Clny, Pump House, Andheri (E), 400093; November 10
Dara Noshir Vania (77), husband of Nargis, son of late Bhikhoo and late Noshir and father of Rashmena Xerxes Katrak and Noshir, B-2, Godrej Baug, near Simla Hse, off Nepeansea Rd, 400006; November 10
Mehroo Farokh Karbhari (77), wife of Farokh,
daughter of late Ketayoun and late Jehanbax Khambata, mother of Mozanne and Natasha and sister of Yezdi Khambata and Rohinton Khambata, 692, Chinoy Bldg, Dinshaw Master Rd, Parsi Clny, Dadar (E), 400014; November 12
Percy Kobad Limbuwalla (56), husband of Gi Jen Yuan, son of Gulshan and late Kobad, father of Kyan and brother of Adil, D, Al Habtoor Bldg, 806, Al Qassumi, King Faisal St, Sharjah, UAE; November 13
Eruch Keki Zaveri (73), son of late Gool and Keki and brother of Mahrookh Manchi Daver and Mahtab Sharookh Bharda, Dhunmai Bldg, Lady Jehangir Rd, Parsi Clny, Dadar, 400014; November 13
Freny Jamshed Khan (92), wife of late Jamshed, daughter of late Jerbanoo Pirojsha Cooper and sister of Ratan Cooper and late Naju Cooper, 9/1, N. M. Wadia Bldg, Malcolm Baug, S. V. Rd, Jogeshwari (W), 400102; November 14
Roshan Nariman Wadiwalla (93), wife of late Nariman, daughter of late Dinamai and late Darabsa Adajania, mother of Rohinton and Hutoxi Kercy Daruwalla and sister of late Nariman Adajania, Parvez Adajania, Dolly and Jimmy Adajania, L-5, S. B. Bharucha Baug, S. V. Rd, Andheri (W), 400052; November 14
cremated
Zarine Farokh Jamshedian (78), wife of late Farokh, daughter of late Nergish
and late Bhimji Bhagat, mother of Mehernaz
Mehran Jamshedian, Nazneen Farzad Irani
and Meherwan and sister of Farida Percy Kotwal and Shiraz Yezdi Marawala, 7, Salma Manzil Bldg, opp Cusrow Baug, Colaba, 400001; November 13
Aban Purvez Boywalla (101), wife of late Purvez, daughter of late Aimai and late Eduljee Fanibanda, mother of Geera Vijay Kalanjee and Tanaz Cyrus Bahadurji and sister of late Piroja (Pila) Muncherji Rana, late Homi Fanibanda, late Eruch Fanibanda, late Dhun Fanibanda, late Jaloo, late Homai Eruchshaw
Deboo, late Tehmi Soli Cooper and late Rusi
Fanibanda, 7, Naoroji Mans, Nathalal Parikh Marg, Colaba, 400039; November 14
BULSAR
died
Kety Cawasji Medhora (93), daughter of late Khorshed and Cawasji and sister of late Ratanshaw, late Sam, late Banoo Nariman Parekh and Manijeh Darayas Kasad, Nana Parsiwad, 396001; October 9
• • •
CANADA
Ontario
died
Soonie (Sylvia) Bahadur (Brad)
Patell, wife of late Bahadur
(Brad), mother of Syavux, Marhukh (Marg), Lilly and late Danny and sister of late Nellie Lewis, Solly, Jehangir, Minoo, Harry and Homi; October 13
Rustom Limbuvalla, father of
Behram and Niloufer Behramjee Irani; November 6
Rohinton Maneck Vania, husband of Jasmine and father of Khorezar and Zanoishta Vania (Sean Martin);
November 11
PAKISTAN
Karachi
died
Roshni Hormussji (83), mother of Framji Minwalla and sister of late
Ardeshir Dalal, late Katayoun
Kabraji and late Phiroze Dalal;
October 18
Soonu Framroz Kandawalla,
wife of late Framroz, mother of Shireen Hormuzd Mana and
Rustom and sister of Meher
Dinyar Chenoy and Daulat
Neri Chenoy; October 20
Roshan Noshir Unwalla, wife of
late Noshir and mother of Cyrus; October 24
Zenobia Fradoon Sethna, wife of
late Fradoon, mother of Razeshta
and Vaheshta and sister of late
Darius Kandawalla, Hutoxi
Bharucha, Kandy Mama and
Yasmin Mehta; October 26
• • •
Figures for Bombay
January 1-November 14, 2024
Marriages: 33
Parsi: 33
Deaths: 574
Consigned to dakhmas: 514
Males: 253, Females: 261
Cremated: 60
Males: 21, Females: 39
Compiled by Roxan A. Driver