Dhanjishah Cooper

Dhanjishah Cooper
1st Prime Minister of Bombay State
In office
1 April 1937 – 19 July 1937
GovernorThe Baron Brabourne
Preceded byOffice Established
Succeeded byB. G. Kher
Personal details
Born
Dhanjishah Bomanji Cooper

2 January 1878
Bombay Presidency, India
Died29 July 1947(1947-07-29) (aged 69)
Bombay, Bombay State, India
Political partyIndependent
ProfessionIndustrialist, Politician

Sir Dhanjishah Bomanji Cooper (2 January 1878 – 29 July 1947)[1][2] was an Indian Parsi[3] industrialist, politician and the first Prime Minister of Bombay Presidency.[4] Cooper was made a Knight Bachelor in the 1937 New Year Honours.[5]

  1. ^ "Sir Dhanjishah B. Cooper Passes". The Bombay Chronicle. 30 July 1947. p. 1. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  2. ^ "सर धनजीशा कूपर (Sir Dhanjisha Cooper)". 13 February 2020.
  3. ^ Nauzer Bharucha (4 October 2014). "'Parsis are not interested in politics anymore'". The Times of India. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  4. ^ Bombay 1937-1938: A Review of the Administration of the Bombay Presidency. Mumbai: Government Central Press, Bombay. 1939. pp. 160–161.
  5. ^ United Kingdom and British Empire: "No. 34365". The London Gazette (Supplement). 29 January 1937. p. 689.