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Manockjee Cursetjee

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Manockjee Cursetjee (also Manakji Kharshedji Shroff) (1808–1887) was a Parsi businessman and judge from Bombay, remembered as a reformer and proponent of female education. [1]

21 relations: Alexandra of Denmark, Anglophile, Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, 2nd Duke of Wellington, Bombay Presidency, Bombay Times, Emily Faithfull, Female education, John Elliot Drinkwater Bethune, John Wilson (missionary), Lincoln's Inn, Mumbai, National Association for the Promotion of Social Science, Panchayati raj, Parsi, Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, Royal Geographical Society, Sheffield, St. Thomas Cathedral, Mumbai, Trinity College, Cambridge, University of Mumbai.

Alexandra of Denmark

Alexandra of Denmark (Alexandra Caroline Marie Charlotte Louise Julia; 1 December 1844 – 20 November 1925) was Queen consort of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Empress of India as the wife of King Edward VII.

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Anglophile

An Anglophile is a person who admires England, its people, and its culture.

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Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington

Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, (1 May 1769 – 14 September 1852) was an Anglo-Irish soldier and statesman who was one of the leading military and political figures of 19th-century Britain, serving twice as Prime Minister.

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Arthur Wellesley, 2nd Duke of Wellington

Lieutenant-General Arthur Richard Wellesley, 2nd Duke of Wellington, (3 February 1807 – 13 August 1884), styled Lord Douro between 1812 and 1814 and Marquess of Douro between 1814 and 1852, was a British soldier and politician.

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Bombay Presidency

The Bombay Presidency, also known as Bombay and Sind from 1843 to 1936 and the Bombay Province, was an administrative subdivision (presidency) of British India.

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Bombay Times

The Bombay Times is a free supplement of The Times of India, in the Mumbai (formerly Bombay) region.

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Emily Faithfull

Emily Faithfull (1835–1895) was an English women's rights activist, and publisher.

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Female education

Female education is a catch-all term of a complex set of issues and debates surrounding education (primary education, secondary education, tertiary education, and health education in particular) for girls and women.

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John Elliot Drinkwater Bethune

John Elliot Drinkwater Bethune (1801–1851), previously John Elliot Drinkwater, a barrister and law member of the Governor-General's Council, was an Anglo-Indian lawyer and a pioneer in promoting women's education in 19th-century India.

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John Wilson (missionary)

John Wilson (11 December 1804–1 December 1875) was a Scottish Christian missionary, orientalist and educator in Bombay presidency, British India.

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Lincoln's Inn

The Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn is one of the four Inns of Court in London to which barristers of England and Wales belong and where they are called to the Bar.

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Mumbai

Mumbai (also known as Bombay, the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra.

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National Association for the Promotion of Social Science

The National Association for the Promotion of Social Science (NAPSS), often known as the Social Science Association, was a British reformist group founded in 1857 by Lord Brougham.

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Panchayati raj

The Panchayat raj is a South Asian political system found mainly in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Trinidad and Tobago, and Nepal.

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Parsi

A Parsi (or Parsee) means "Persian" in the "Persian Language", which today mainly refers to a member of a Zoroastrian community, one of two (the other being Iranis) mainly located in India, with a few in Pakistan.

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Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland

The Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, commonly known as the Royal Asiatic Society (RAS), was established, according to its Royal Charter of 11 August 1824, to further "the investigation of subjects connected with and for the encouragement of science, literature and the arts in relation to Asia." From its incorporation the Society has been a forum, through lectures, its journal, and other publications, for scholarship relating to Asian culture and society of the highest level.

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Royal Geographical Society

The Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers) is the UK's learned society and professional body for geography, founded in 1830 for the advancement of geographical sciences.

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Sheffield

Sheffield is a city and metropolitan borough in South Yorkshire, England.

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St. Thomas Cathedral, Mumbai

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Trinity College, Cambridge

Trinity College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge in England.

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University of Mumbai

The University of Mumbai, informally known as Mumbai University (MU), is one of the earliest state universities in India and the oldest in Maharashtra.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manockjee_Cursetjee

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