Sir Tehmulji Bhicaji Nariman

Sir Tehmulji Bhicaji Nariman (1848-1940)
The first Indian grandmaster of all Scottish Freemasonry in India

by Sorab M. Pithawala
circa 1925

Oil on canvas
29 x 22 in. (74 x 55.5 cm.)

He was medical practitioner and founded the Parsi Lying-in Hospital, the first of its kind. He was also the President of Bombay Medical Union and Society for the Protection of Children in Western India in 1884. He received the Kaiser-I-Hind Gold Medal in 1904.