Lovji Nusserwanjee Wadia

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Lovji Nusserwanjee Wadia (1702–1774) was a

shipwrights and naval architects, who founded Wadia Group in 1736.[1][2]

Lovji Wadia secured contracts with the

British Navy outside England.[4] This, and subsequent efforts, would result in Bombay becoming one of the most strategically important ports for the British in Asia
.

The Bombay dry-dock, the first dry-dock in Asia, was built by Lovji and his brother Sorabji in 1750.[4]

Lovji is considered the founder of the shipping and shipbuilder industry in Bombay. To this day, Surat remains the largest break-up beaching port (where ships are stripped and disassembled) in the world.

Lovji had two sons, Maneckji and Bomanji.[5]

The first

Atash Adaran
in India was established in Siganpur, near Surat, by Lovji Wadia, around 1760. His descendants are the Wadia family of
JBH Wadia and Homi Wadia founded Wadia Movietone in 1933, which had its studios at Lovji Castle (Lovejee Castle) in Chembur, Mumbai. The company even had its logo as a ship, honouring their family legacy.[6]

References

  1. ISBN 978-81-206-0630-2
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  2. ^ Faredun Kavasji Dadachanji (1986). Parsis, ancient and modern and their religion.
  3. ISBN 978-0-7524-2835-2
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  4. ^ a b "Time Travel with Wadia Group". Business Today. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
  5. ^ "The Wadias of India: Then and Now". Zoroastrian Educational Institute. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
  6. ^ "Surat's Wadias created Fearless Nadia". The Times of India. 2 October 2010. Retrieved 18 September 2014.

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