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24-522: The trust is the caretaker of Parsi properties in Mumbai such as B.D. Petit Parsee General Hospital , Parsi Lying-in Hospital and Doongerwadi, a 55-acre property housing a Tower of Silence in the city. BPP is run by a board of trustees which are elected by more than 25,000 Parsi residents of the city. There have been a number of trustees through the existence of Bombay Parsi Panchayat. For example, in

48-547: A fight against corruption. In the years after independence, many Indian business houses had become close to the political leaders, and some of them resulted in various financial irregularities. In a case exposed by Feroze in December 1955, he revealed how Ram Kishan Dalmia , as chairman of a bank and an insurance company, used these companies to fund his takeover of Bennett and Coleman and started laundering money from publicly held companies for personal benefit. In 1957, he

72-550: A member of the provincial parliament between 1950 and 1952, and later a member of the Lok Sabha , the Lower house of Indian parliament. He published The National Herald and The Navjivan newspapers . His wife, Indira Gandhi (daughter of Jawaharlal Nehru , the first Prime Minister of India), and their elder son Rajiv Gandhi were both prime ministers of India . He was a member of Indian National Congress . Feroze Gandhi

96-484: A newspaper founded by his father-in-law, Jawaharlal Nehru. After being a member of the provincial parliament (1950–1952), Feroze won independent India's first general elections in 1952, from Rae Bareli constituency in Uttar Pradesh . Indira travelled from Delhi and worked as his campaign organizer. Feroze soon became a prominent force in his own right, criticizing the government of his father-in-law and beginning

120-637: A surgeon at the city's Lady Dufferin Hospital. Feroze attended the Vidya Mandir High School, and then the British-staffed Ewing Christian College , Prayagraj . Later, in 1935, he went to London to complete his education at the London School of Economics and obtained a B.Sc. degree. Feroze Gandhi, originally named Feroze Jehangir Ghandy, left his studies at a British-run college to join

144-585: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Parsi Lying-in Hospital The Parsi Lying-in Hospital ( PLIH ), also known as Temulji's Lying-in Hospital , sometimes spelled Tehmulji's Lying-in Hospital , was one of the first maternity hospitals in Bombay (now Mumbai). It was co-founded by physician and obstetrician Temulji Bhicaji Nariman in 1887 and completed in 1895. Dwindling numbers of Parsi births in

168-635: The TB sanatorium at Bhowali in 1934, helping arrange her trip to Europe when her condition worsened in April 1935, and visiting her at the sanitarium at Badenweiler and finally at Lausanne, where he was at her bedside when she died on 28 February 1936. In the following years, Indira and Feroze grew closer to each other while in England. They married in March 1942 according to Adi Dharam Hindu rituals. The couple

192-550: The construction of the building. It was completed in 1895 at a cost 105,000 rupees but by 1914, the total cost had increased to 130,541 rupees. Fakirjee Dinshaw served as the contractor. It was one of the city's first maternity hospitals built in the Gothic Revival style. Arranged around a courtyard, it could accommodate 50 women. It became popularly known as Temuljinu Suvarvakhana (Temulji’s lying-house). Previously, during their confinement, women had been located in

216-532: The darkest and dampest corners of the house on the ground floor where sewage gases could contribute to ill-health. The PLIH, however, located women on upper floors with better hygiene and more space. The hospital acquired a reputation for cleanliness and the availability of midwives and clean linen. New mothers stayed for more than a month and it was felt by the Parsi community that it fulfilled an unmet need. Temulji Nariman became symbolic of "Parsi motherhood". He

240-698: The first four years, about 1,750 patients had been treated and by the turn of the 20th century, Parsi women had three hospitals to choose from within the district of the Esplanade, the Bomanjee Edaljee Allbless Obstetric Hospital , the Pestanjee Hormusjee Cama Hospital for Women and Children and the PLIH. Among notable Parsis born at the PLIH, were Feroze Gandhi in 1912. Jamsetji Tata

264-623: The five children with two brothers Dorab and Faridun Jehangir, and two sisters, Tehmina Kershasp and Aloo Dastur. The family had migrated to Bombay from Bharuch (now in South Gujarat ) where their ancestral home, which belonged to his grandfather, still exists in Kotpariwad. In the early 1920s, after the death of his father, Feroze and his mother moved to Allahabad to live with his unmarried maternal aunt, Shirin Commissariat,

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288-534: The freedom movement. Then he became closely involved with the Nehru family, spending significant time at Anand Bhawan, their residence and a key hub for political activity. During this period, he adopted the surname Gandhi as a tribute to Mahatma Gandhi, altering it from its original form, Ghandy. In 1930, the wing of Congress Freedom fighters, the Vanar Sena was formed. Feroze met Kamala Nehru and Indira among

312-514: The independence movement. Soon after his release, he was involved with the agrarian no-rent campaign in the United Province (now Uttar Pradesh) and was imprisoned twice, in 1932 and 1933, while working closely with Nehru. Feroze first proposed to Indira in 1933, but she and her mother rejected it, pointing out that she was too young, only 16. He grew close to the Nehru family, especially to Indira's mother Kamala Nehru, accompanying her to

336-404: The latter half of the 20th century led to its closure. During the 19th century, Bombay's Parsi women had largely given birth at home, confined to poorly ventilated and unsanitary conditions. In 1887, obstetrician and dean of Grant Medical College , Temulji Nariman, concerned about the prevalence of puerperal fever , founded the PLIH. The hospital was initially located in a small house facing

360-748: The ocean in the Marine Lines . It was run by Nariman as the Parsi Maternity Asylum and established Nariman's name in the community. Shortly, however, a plot was bought from the government on the esplanade in the Hornby Estate of Mumbai. The building was designed by Muncherji Murzban , a key figure in the Bombay Municipal Corporation who was inspired by the Peabody estates of London and who oversaw

384-460: The price of a Japanese railway engine. This raised a stir in the Parsi community since the Tatas were also Parsi. He continued challenging the government on a number of other issues, and emerged as a parliamentarian well-respected on both sides of the bench. Feroze suffered a heart attack in 1958. Indira, who stayed with her father at Teen Murti House , the official residence of the prime minister,

408-553: The women demonstrators picketing outside Ewing Christian College. Kamala fainted from the sun's heat and Feroze went to look after her. The next day, he abandoned his studies to join the Indian independence movement . He was imprisoned in 1930, along with Lal Bahadur Shastri (the 2nd Prime Minister of India), head of Allahabad District Congress Committee, and lodged in Faizabad Jail for nineteen months over his participation in

432-485: The year 2008, there were 7 trustees who took charge namely Arnavaz Mistry, Dinshaw Mehta, Jimmy Mistry, Khojeste Mistre, Yazdi Desai, Rustom Tirandaz, and Noshir Dadrawala. There were about 22,000 Parsis who registered to vote that year, whilst only 13,500 exercised their franchise. This Zoroastrianism -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about an organisation in India

456-409: Was a committee member. In the early 21st century there were plans to convert the grade 2B listed building into an orthopaedic hospital, however, in 2015 the first floor was being used as offices and the remainder of the building was empty. Feroze Gandhi Feroze Jehangir Gandhi (12 September 1912 – 8 September 1960) was an Indian freedom fighter, politician and journalist. He served as

480-724: Was arrested and jailed in August 1942, during the Quit India Movement less than six months after their marriage. He was imprisoned for a year in Allahabad's Naini Central Prison . The following five years were of comfortable domestic life and the couple had two sons, Rajiv and Sanjay , born in 1944 and 1946, respectively. After independence, Jawaharlal became the first Prime Minister of India . Feroze and Indira settled in Allahabad with their two young children, and Feroze became Managing Director of The National Herald ,

504-756: Was at that time away on a state visit to Bhutan . She returned to look after him in Kashmir . Feroze died in 1960 at the Willingdon Hospital in Delhi, after suffering a second heart attack. He was cremated and his ashes interred at the Parsi cemetery in Allahabad . His Rae Bareli Lok Sabha constituency seat was held by his wife, Indira Gandhi from 1967 to 1976 and his future daughter-in-law, and wife of Rajiv Gandhi , Sonia Gandhi from 2004 to 2024. A school of higher education that he helped found

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528-726: Was born on 12 September 1912 to a Parsi family at the Tehmulji Nariman Hospital in the Fort district of Bombay ; his parents, Jehangir Faredoon Gandhi and Ratimai (née Commissariat), lived in Nauroji Natakwala Bhawan in Khetwadi Mohalla in Bombay. His father Jehangir was a marine engineer working for Killick Nixon and was later promoted as a warrant engineer. Feroze was the youngest of

552-717: Was re-elected from Rae Bareli . In the parliament in 1958, he raised the Haridas Mundhra scandal involving the government controlled LIC insurance company. This revelation eventually led to the resignation of the Finance Minister T.T. Krishnamachari . Feroze also initiated a number of nationalization drives, starting with the Life Insurance Corporation . At one point he also suggested that TATA Engineering and Locomotive Company (TELCO) be nationalized since they were charging nearly double

576-409: Was the hospital's honorary secretary and chief physician at the time of the opening ceremony on 11 January 1895, and he encouraged the wealthier Parsis to allow those poorer to make use of its placements. The fee structure had three tiers. The third class received free treatment, the second class paid 1.80 rupees per day and first class paid 3 rupees per day. A refundable deposit was also taken. Within

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