Byramjee Jeejeebhoy

Who was Byramjee Jeejeebhoy?

Byramjee Jeejeebhoy Esq., CSI was a wealthy businessman and philanthropist who founded several education institutions in Mumbai. The Byramjee Jeejeebhoy College and the Byramjee Jeejeebhoy Parsee Charitable Institution in Charni Road, South Mumbai, as well as Byramjee Jeejeebhoy Medical College in Pune are three of the notable schools and colleges founded by him. In October 1830, the British East India Company leased Byramee seven villages between Jogeshwari and Borivili, that totalled over 12,000 acres. Also given to Byramjee was Land's End, Bandra, a cape with the Bandra Fort that became known as the Byramjee Jeejeebhoy Point for an annual rent of Rs. 2800 . Byramjee built a beautiful, large mansion as his personal home on the hill overlooking the fort.