Dalpatram Dahyabhai Travadi
Dalpatram Dahyabhai Travadi (1820 – 1898) Gujarati Poet, Editor, Social Reformer Artist Frank Albert Phillips (1835 – 1903) dated 1886, Oil on canvas 27 x 22 in. (68.6 x 55.9 cm.) Kavi Dalpatram was a pioneering poet, playwright, and social reformer in 19th-century Gujarat. Writing in Gujarati, he played a vital role in modernizing and […]
Khan Bahadur Pestonjee Sorabjee
Khan Bahadur Pestonjee Sorabjee (1790 – 1861) Mail contractor and Philanthropist from Pune Artist Unknown (Chinese) circa 1860, Oil on canvas 33 x 27 in. (83.8 x 68.6 cm.) Khan Bahadur Padumjee Pestonjee was a distinguished member of the Parsi community in 19th-century Pune. His father, Pestonjee Sorabjee, had migrated from Surat to Bombay (1801) […]