I have just been looking through Dhananjay Keer’s biography of Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar in which he mentions a Parsi gentleman, Naval Bhathena, who not only became his lifelong friend but helped him financially in his hour of need.
Ambedkar had met him in 1913 in the US where he was studying at Columbia University. Their friendship endured till Babasaheb’s death. But nothing more is known about Bhathena. If any readers know anything about him I would appreciate it if they shared the information with me. ABAN MUKHERJI
mukherji.aban@gmail.com
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