Jeevanjee, Alibhai Mulla, 1856-1936
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- Organization: A. M. Jeevanjee & Co.
- Organization: Mombasa Indian Association
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found: Challenge to colonialism, 1997:t.p. (Alibhai Mulla Jeevanjee) pref. (built Jeevanjee Gardens in Nairobi in 1904) p. 237 (b. in Karachi in 1856; d. in Nairobi in 1936)
found: Dictionary of African Biography, accessed February 18, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database:(Jeevanjee, Alibhai Mulla; political activist; born 1859 in Karachi, Pakistan; his family belonged to the Bohra Shia Islamic sect; set up a trading company specializing in Eastern produce; established A. M. Jeevanjee & Co. to provide stevedoring and translation services; made contact with officials of the Imperial British East Africa Company; built a range of government facilities in the major towns in Kenya; founded the Mombasa Indian Association; established the African Standard newspaper to counter press racism; published An Appeal on behalf of the Indians in East Africa and plunged headlong into the political fray (1912); founded the East Africa Indian National Congress (1914); died 02 May 1936 in Nairobi, Kenya)
found: [Uganda Railway construction], approximately 1901:first leaf (annotation, Presented to Geo: S. Mackenzie Esquire, with compliments from A. M. Jeevanjee and Coy:, Mombasa)
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1998-02-09: new
2018-10-13: revised
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