JAMSETJEE JEJEEBHOY OF BOMBAY
Partnership and Public
Culture in Empire
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By Jesse S. Palsetia
2015, ISBN 9780199459216
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About the Book :
This book details the life and public career of
one of India's legendary individuals-Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy, the first Indian
knight and baronet. Born of humble origins, he went from collecting and selling
empty bottles to building a business empire through the nineteenth-century
China Trade.
Hailed as one of India's greatest philanthropists of the colonial era, Jejeebhoy utilized his wealth for copious charity for the people of Bombay and western India. But he was also an ambitious and canny actor within the colonial framework, whose ambitions went beyond altruistic desires to benefit society.
Jejeebhoy belonged to the collaborationist class that emerged under early colonialism. This class which also included prominent figures like Dwarkanath Tagore, the merchant prince from Bengal served as an important medium between the imperial and Indian cultures. However, the limits of collaboration for Indians were evident-Jejeebhoy faced many bureaucratic and cultural obstacles in his encounters with the imperial order. His efforts to promote himself and indigenous capabilities bear testimony to Indian ingenuity under the colonial regime.
Contents: Introduction. 1. The merchant-prince of Bombay. 2. The civic partner: collaborative colonialism emerges. 3. The Parsi leader. 4. The standard-bearer of charity: philanthropy as a collaborative institution. 5. Knighthood, baronetcy, statue, and the crown: symbolic partnership. 6. The jejeebhoys and the legacy of partnership.
Hailed as one of India's greatest philanthropists of the colonial era, Jejeebhoy utilized his wealth for copious charity for the people of Bombay and western India. But he was also an ambitious and canny actor within the colonial framework, whose ambitions went beyond altruistic desires to benefit society.
Jejeebhoy belonged to the collaborationist class that emerged under early colonialism. This class which also included prominent figures like Dwarkanath Tagore, the merchant prince from Bengal served as an important medium between the imperial and Indian cultures. However, the limits of collaboration for Indians were evident-Jejeebhoy faced many bureaucratic and cultural obstacles in his encounters with the imperial order. His efforts to promote himself and indigenous capabilities bear testimony to Indian ingenuity under the colonial regime.
Contents: Introduction. 1. The merchant-prince of Bombay. 2. The civic partner: collaborative colonialism emerges. 3. The Parsi leader. 4. The standard-bearer of charity: philanthropy as a collaborative institution. 5. Knighthood, baronetcy, statue, and the crown: symbolic partnership. 6. The jejeebhoys and the legacy of partnership.
