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 marriage 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
Farida Hosang Vandriwala (61), wife of late Hosang and daughter of late Tehmina and late Noshir Elavia, residing at 14A/3, Hamabai Petit Bldg, Gilder Lane, off Lamington Rd, 400008 on February 1, 2025
Roshan Kersy Panthaki (72), wife of Kersy, daughter of late Daulatbanoo and late Pirojshaw Postwalla, mother of Rukshana Panthaki and Nazneen Burjis Wadia and sister of Perin Pandole and late Arnavaz Postwalla, N-20, Godrej Baug, off Nepeansea Rd, 400026; February 2
Parin Dorab Sethna (90), wife of late Dhunjishaw Bana, daughter of Kerbanoo and late Dorab Sethna, mother of Hutoksy Ashish Bilia and sister of late Freny Adi Kotwal, 8/B-42, Navjivan Soc, Lamington Rd, 400008; February 2
Sheriyar Dinshawji Foujdar (95), husband of late Dinoo, son of late Ava and late Dinshawji, father of late Navaz and brother of late Bejonji, Darabshaw, late Homai Minoo Baldawalla, 12/6, C. J. Clny, Ratan Tata St, near A. C. Market, Tulsiwadi, 400034; February 4
Sarosh Phiroze Irani (57), husband of Farzana, son of late Vimal and late Phiroz, father of Nazneen Jehan Patel and Tishtar and brother of Ratan, Veera, Meena, Roshan and late Nergish, 2/B-2, Balaram St, Grant Rd, 400007; February 4
Dinar Minoo Kheshwala (91), wife of late Minoo, daughter of Meheramai and late Dinshawji Shahana and mother of Rehbar Kheshwala and Zarir, 4/A, Gool-Dhun-Abad, S. V. Rd, Jogeshwari (W), 400102; February 4
Homai Dara Mistry (80), wife of Dara, daughter of late Perin and late Kercy Mistry and sister of late Keki Mistry, A-8, Satya-
bhama Nivas, Cassinath St, Tardeo, 400034; February 4
Kharshed Jehangirji Mistry (78), husband of Nergish, son of Dhunmaiji and Jehangirji and father of Adil and Jasmine Mistry, F/1, Godrej Baug, off Nepeansea Rd, 400026; February 4
Rosan Minoo Patel (84), wife of Minoo and sister of Minoo Kalyaniwala, 202, Sunita Bldg, Sir Pherozsha Mehta Rd, Santacruz (W), 400054; February 4
Noshir Maneckji Daruwalla (86), husband of Armaity, son of late Dina and late Maneckji, father of Farhad, Merzi and Ruxshin Sam Daruwalla and brother of Percy, Jangoo, late Nancy, Freny and Villoo, P-21, Cusrow Baug, S. B. Rd, 400001; February 5
Bhaktawar Dinshaw Merchant (88), wife of late Dinshaw, daughter of late Banoomai and Alamai and Darabsha Elavia and sister of late Pirojsha Elavia, Perin, Maneck Elavia,
Keki Elavia, Dhun and Kersi Elavia, Casa Cama, Shanti Rd, Juhu Beach, Juhu, 400049; February 5
Villi Eruch Karanjia (70), daughter of late Aloo and late Eruch and sister of Khurshed Karanjia and late Dolly Savak Mistry, 102/6B, Salsette Parsi Clny, Pump Hse, Andheri (E), 400093; February 6
Adil Rustomji Siganporia (61), son of late Makka
and late Rustomji and brother of Gulshan Jamshed Sachinwala and Navaz Sarosh Irani, 6, Chhatriwalla Bldg, Wadia St, Tardeo, 400034; February 7
Homi Shiavaxa Lord (88), husband of Katy, son of late Bapaimai and late Shiavaxa and brother of late Jamshed, late Rusi and late Fali, 723, Dr Dinshaw Master Rd, Parsi Clny, Dadar, 400014; February 8
Khusru Keki Misstry (51), son of Dolly and late Keki and brother of Kashmira Firdaus Tarachand, 10/1, Dorab Tata Bldg, next to Gaiety Theater, S. V. Rd, Bandra (W), 400050;
February 8
Jemi Pallonji Tavadia (91), son of late Goolbai and late Pallonji and brother of late Homi, late Adi, late Dhunjishaw, late Keki and late Sheroo Purvez Bhesania, 18, Surti Chmbs, 2nd Dhobitalao Lane, 400002; February 8
Minoo Darabshaw Mistry (79), husband of Pervin, son of late Dhunmai and late Darabshaw, father of Jamshed and brother of
Polly and Hilloo Lally, 9A, Modern Flats, 128, Wodehouse Rd, Colaba, 400005; February 9
Joy Phiroze Patel (56), husband of Veera, son of late Laxmi and late Phiroze, father of Anaisha Shlok Soni and Rahi Patel and brother of Madhu, B/4, Tardeo Chmbs, opp
Everest Bldg, Kashinath
St, Tardeo, 400034;
February 9
Sarosh Keki Patel (82),
husband of Zarine, son of late Aloo and late Keki, father of Vispi and Dilshad Jimmy Vatcha and brother of Khurshid K. Shah and Mehroo A. Reshamdalal, R-30, Godrej Baug, Nepeansea Rd, 400026; February 9
Zenobia Mino Framroze (71), wife of Mino, daughter of late Maki and Meherji Mehta and mother of Diana, Tia and late Farah Framroze, 12B, Lands End, Doongersey Rd, Malabar Hill, 400006; February 10
Jamshed Namdar Irani
(83), son of late Gulestan and Namdar and brother
of Homai, Behram,
Aspandiar, late Khorshed and late Keki, Sai Nakshatra Trident, opp Modi Hyundai Showroom, Virar (W), 401303; February 10
Mani Adi Doctor (89), wife of late Adi, daughter of late Daulatbanu and late Hormusji Patel, mother of Rohinton and Arnavaz Hormuz Bhaka and sister of Phiroze Patel, 1/3, Bai Jeevanbai Tata Bldg, Tata Blocks, S. V. Rd, Bandra (W), 400050; February 11
Maneck Nariman Patel (73), husband of Bakhtawar, son of late Tehmina and Nariman, father of Behzad and brother of Pervez, Roshan, late Banoo, Jeroo, Gulu, Khorshed and Mani, 201, Bai Manekbai P. B. Jeejeebhoy Memorial Bldg, Mota Parsiwad, Bulsar, 396001; February 13
Dinoo Behram Khajotia (82), wife of late Behram, daughter of late Nergish and late Maneckshaw Khambata, mother of Jimmy and Meher and sister of Cyrus Khambata and late Katy Mendroina, 1/6, Baria Bldg, Gamadia Clny, Tardeo, 400007; February 14
Homi Noshir Daver (87), husband of Sonu, son of late Veera and late Noshir, father of Nafeeza Darayus Satta and Sheroy and brother of late Rohinton, Aspi and Mini, 638, M. Joshi Rd, Parsi Clny, Dadar (E), 400014; February 16
cremated
Gulcher Adi Khan (90), wife of late Adi, daughter
of late Ratamai and late Dinshawji Buhariwala, mother of Shahrukh and Ketayun Neville Cooper and sister of late Soli Buhariwala, late Doli Nariman Contractor, Parvez Buhariwala, Viloo Sarosh Todiwalla, Homai Aspi Banker and Zarine Behram Contractor, 28/5, A. H. Wadia Baug, Parel Tank Rd, 400033; February 10
Homai Rusi Dandiwala (89), wife of late Rusi, daughter of Tehmina and Dorab Dadachanji, mother of Adil and sister of Dinoo, late Darayus Dadachanji and late Rohinton Dadachanji, G-41, Cusrow
Baug, S. B. Rd, 400001; February 14
GOA
died
Freddie Jehangir Desai (84), husband of Maharukh, son of late Freny and late Jehangir, father of Ava Rustom Avari and brother of Noshir, Urban Space, behind Urban Retreats, Taleigao, Panjim, 403004; February 7
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Figures for Bombay
January 1-February 16, 2025
Marriages
Parsi: 20
Deaths: 82
Consigned to dakhmas: 72
Males: 40, Females: 32
Cremated: 10
Males: 3, Females: 7
Compiled by Roxan A. Driver