Milestones

Parsiana sources information for the Milestones column from various anjumans, hospitals, individuals, newsletters and publications. While much of the material is sketchy, the Bombay marriages and death lists are quite exhaustive.
Data on marriages within the community in Bombay is culled four times in a year from the office of the Registrar of Marriages at the Bombay High Court and on interfaith unions from the Registrar of Marriages offices at Fort and Khar. There may be an inadvertent repetition of names in the marriage list when a civil marriage precedes a religious ceremony.
The list of the deceased with the causes of deaths for those consigned to the Doongerwadi in Bombay is provided by the Bombay Parsi Punchayet with a disclaimer that the information has not been verified or authenticated by them. The Worli Prayer Hall sends Parsiana names of those cremated there.
Parsiana also receives death intimations from the Poona Parsi Panchayat, Parsi Zoroastrian Anjuman of Secunderabad and Hyderabad, The Surat Parsi Panchayat Funds and Properties Trust, Jhansi Parsi Anjuman, Nagpur Parsi Punchayet, Zoroastrian Society of Ontario, Fram Framji of Karachi, Dr Ardeshir Damania of California and Arnavaz Sethna of Houston.
Data on births in Bombay is made available by the Breach Candy Hospital. Births in other hospitals and private nursing homes are included when an individual sends us information together with a copy of the birth certificate.
If readers have any births/ marriages/deaths they would like pub­lished, they are welcome to write to/email us. Some proof to ensure the veracity of the report would be necessary. We are sure our readers would appreciate this re­quire­ment.

Bombay
died
consigned
Shirin Rustom Khodavandi (85), wife of late Rustom, daughter of late Keshawar Abadani and late Goshtasp Beafarin, mother of Aflatoon and Banoo Rusi Irani and sister of Morvareed, Homayun and late Behram Beafarin, residing at 602, Crystal Residency, 65A, Dockyard Rd, near Mazgaon Hill, Mazgaon, 400010 on September 10, 2022
Noshir Dinshaw Bharucha (85), son of late Dolat and late Dinshaw and brother of Nargis Parvez Bengali, Freny Dali Mehta, Shiraz Jamshed Gazdar and late Daisy Nari Bharucha, Room no 173, Lam Bldg, N. M. Joshi Marg, Lower Parel, 400013; September 12
Coomi Bomi Sethna (94), wife of late Bomansha, daughter of late Dosiba and late Edulji Shroff, mother of Goolshun Freddie Nadirshaw and Kamal Percy Harver and sister of
late Jeroo Fali Vatcha and
late Dhun Rusi Bharucha,
Hilla Heights, Alibhai Premji Marg, Grant Rd, 400007;
September 12
Keki Ardeshir Irani (88), husband of Arnavaz, son of late Jerbai and late Ardeshir Irani, father of Kersi, Nauzer and Arzan Farhad Ostavari and brother of Dolly, late Silla and late Namdar, Ardeshir Mans, 41, Stn Rd, Santacruz (W), 400054; September 13
Behroze Zarir Dadina (64), wife of Zarir, daughter of late Perin and Minoo Vakharia, mother of Safna and sister of late Fariz Vakharia, 3/3, Lady Darab Tata Bldg, Tata Blocks, S. V. Rd, Bandra (W), 400050; September 14
Perin Sheriar Irani (94), wife of late Sheriar, daughter of late Freny and late Khudabux Irani, mother of Freny Rustom Irani, Behram, Maharukh Bhopawala, late Jehangir, Khodaram and Firoze, 18, Lady Hirabai C. Jehangir Health Unit, Gamadia Gamadia Clny, Tardeo, 400007; September 14
Kety Sarosh Patel (75), wife of Sarosh, daughter of late Perin and late Adarbad Dastoor, mother of Dilshad Raghav Agarwal and Farhad and sister of Farida Mehernosh Daruwalla, 401/1, Yazad, Behram Baug Parsi Clny, Jogeshwari (W), 400102; September 14
Villoo Byramji Plumber (91), daughter of late Rati and late Byramji and sister of late Bomi Byramji and late Soli Byramji, 12/B, Raghoji Bldg, Raghoji Rd, Gowalia Tank, August Kranti Marg, 400026;
September 15
Pilloo Rustom Mistry (91), wife of late Rustom, daughter of late Silloo and late Jamshedji Panveliwala, mother of Aban Dallus Printer and sister of Koomie Jal Munsif and late Nariman Panveliwala, G-3/K-2, Cama Park, Cama Rd, near Brahmakumari Hosp, Andheri (W), 400058; September 16
Pervez Ardeshir Garda (77), husband of Zarin, son of late Khorshed and late Ardeshir, father of Zubin and brother of Jamshed, 304/A, Hilla Towers, Dr S. S. Rao Rd, Lalbaug, 400017; September 17
Arnavaz Hoshang Malesra (72),
wife of Hoshang, daughter of
late Dhun and late Jal Master,
mother of Neville, Hoshang and
Hanoze and sister of Jeroo Mody,
Maneck Master, Minoo Master
and late Minoo Shroff, 2/2, Lady
Darab Tata Bldg, Tata Blocks,
S. V. Rd, Bandra (W), 400050;
September 17
Dinyar Noshir Anklesaria (80), husband of Farida, son of Freny and late Noshir and father of Shiromi and Rayomand, E/2, Cusrow Baug, S. B. Rd, 400001; September 19
Pervez Ruttonshaw Patel (92), husband of late Perin, son of late Bakhtawar and late Ruttonshaw, father of Farzana and Sairus and brother of late Villoo Mistry, 5, Oval View, 150, M. Karve Rd, Churchgate, 400020; September 19
Shapur Eruchshaw Debu (81), husband of Farida, son of late Mehroo and late Eruchshaw, father of Rusi, Kaizad and
Delna Melvyn Taraporewalla and brother of Freny, Daisy and late Darius, A-15, Shapur Baug, V. P. Rd, Girgaon, 400004; September 20
Ratan Manchershaw Pithawalla (87), son of late Cooverbai and late Manchershaw and brother of Tehmul, Mehnosh, Rohinton, Bapsy Mehta, late Dinyar and Dolly Bulsara, 2,/H-16, Godrej Baug,
Napeansea Rd, 400006;
September 20
Keki Homi Sanga (68), husband of Farida, son of late Khorshed and late Homi, father of Mehernosh and Pearl and brother of Arnavaz Khushroo Bhansali and Rohinton, 31, Jaiphal Ter, Forjett St, opp Anand Ngr, Tardeo, 400026; September 23
Noshir Manekcha Elavia (92), husband of Villy, son of late Dinbai and late Maneksha and brother of late Eruch, Pesi, Rusi, Jimmy, Goolu, Dolly, Perviz, Dhunanjay, late Aloo, Tehmurasp, Firoza and
Niranjan, 401, La Roche, Plot no 101, 4th Rd, T. P. S. IV, Bandra (W), 400050;
September 24

cremated
Doli Nariman Contractor (90), wife of Nariman, daughter of late Ratamai and Dinshawji Buhariwalla, mother of
Hoshedar and Mehera Kurush Kolah and sister of Gulcher, Parvez, Villoo, Homai, Zarine and late Soli Buhariwalla, K-1, Cusrow Baug, S. B. Rd, 400001; September 10
Dhun Sorabji Gagrat (89), husband of Freny, son of late Freny and late Sorabji, father of Cyrus, Tinaz and late Farida and brother of Mehroo, 151-B, Twin Towers, S. V. Savarkar Marg, Prabhadevi, 400025; September 10
Adi Hormasji Mistry (86), husband of Perviz, son of
late Hilla and late Hormasji, father of Zubin and Zelda and brother of late Dara, 9B/204, Behram Baug Parsi Clny,
Jogeshwari (W), 400102;
September 20
Tinaz Homi Sukhadwalla (52), wife of Vinod Chandele, daughter of Gool and late Homi Sukhadwalla, mother of Kaila and sister of Farah, 607, Sukhadwalla Bldg, J. S. S. Rd, Kalbadevi, 400002; September 20

NAVSARI
died
Gool Jalejar Chavda (102), mother of Dolly, Kamal, Khurshid, Keshmira and
late Roomi; September 16
Noshir Manchersha Bharucha (87), father of Aspi, Parvez and Daisy; September 23

SECUNDERABAD
died
Noshir Gustasp Jalnawala (92), husband of Nawsha and father of Venaz, Khojeste and Naheed; September 6

SURAT
died
Katy Dadi Bhathena, wife of late Dadi
and mother of Adil and Malcolm;
September 17
Yezdi Pirojshaw Gandhi (52), husband
of Dilnavaz, son of Nargish and Pirojsha, father of Zahan and brother of Darayus, Nevil and Bakhtavar R. Munshi;
September 17
• • •
PAKISTAN
Karachi
died
Daisy Sohrab Patel, wife of late Sohrab and mother of Jessica Karanjia, Jamshed and Mahrezban; September 3
Keky Rustomji Dastur, brother of late
Dhun and late Dali; September 9
Jesmin Jamshed Chowna, wife of Jamshed and mother of Kaizer Behram Irani and Cyra Cyrus Noshirwan; September 11
Hoshang Sohrab Anklesaria, husband of late Julie and father of Zarksis, Dinshaw, Jamshed and Dorab; September 17

USA
California
died
Soli (Ginu) Jal Bulsara, husband of
Aijen and father of Tina and Zubin in
Palo Alto; August 28

New Jersey
born
A boy, Kersi, to Taara and Shahryar Shroff; August 28
• • •
Figures for Bombay
January 1-September 24, 2022
Marriages: 63
Parsi: 26
Interfaith: 37
Males married out: 20
Females married out: 17
Deaths: 539
Consigned to dakhmas: 454
Males: 232, Females: 222
Cremated: 85
Males: 43, Females: 42

Compiled by Roxan A. Driver