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Little is known of Shroff's life and early years. He was a resident of Bombay. | Little is known of Shroff's life and early years. He was a resident of Bombay. | ||
In 1883 he become editor of the ''Jam-e-Jamshed'' daily newspaper published in Gujarati and English. | In 1883 he become editor of the ''Jam-e-Jamshed'' daily newspaper published in Gujarati and English. Secretary of the Bombay Branch of the National Indian Association, and of the Bombay Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.<ref>"Remarks of Mr. D. M. Bennett" Supplement to ''The Theosophist'' 3 no. 29 (February, 1882): 10.</ref> | ||
== Theosophical Society involvement == | == Theosophical Society involvement == | ||
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Kavasji Merwanji Shroff (1856-1927) was a highly educated Parsi member in Bombay and one of the earliest members of the Theosophical Society.
Personal life and education
Little is known of Shroff's life and early years. He was a resident of Bombay.
In 1883 he become editor of the Jam-e-Jamshed daily newspaper published in Gujarati and English. Secretary of the Bombay Branch of the National Indian Association, and of the Bombay Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.[1]
Theosophical Society involvement
Shroff was one of the earliest and most active Zoroastrian members of the Theosophical Society. In 1874 he lectured in the United States, and Col. Olcott traveled from Boston to New York to meet him. Unfortunately, that meeting did not take place, but Shroff joined the TS by corresponding with the Founders before they left New York.[2][3]
He was vice president of the Bombay Branch from 1882 to 1885, a member of the TS General Council, and a major speaker at the 1882 convention. Col. Olcott referred to him as “the all-accomplishing Mr. K. M. Shroff.”[4]
He was persuasive and energetic in his Theosophical work; and he helped to establish the Homeopathic Charitable Dispensary and Bombay Veterinary College and Hospital, working with Tukaram Tatya.[5][6]
In 1882 Shroff worked with Stuart Beatson, a young cavalry officer, to take legal action against the editor of Rast Goftar, who had accused Blavatsky and Olcott of taking money.[7]
He was the leading signatory of a certificate written by a group of Bombay Theosophists to Mrs. Gordon, attesting to the process by which letters were sent in the Vega incident.[8]
Online resources
Articles
Notes
- ↑ "Remarks of Mr. D. M. Bennett" Supplement to The Theosophist 3 no. 29 (February, 1882): 10.
- ↑ "White Lotus Day at Bombay" Supplement to The Theosophist 16 no. 9 (June, 1895): xxxii.
- ↑ H. S. Olcott, "Old Diary Leaves Oriental Series - Chapter III" The Theosophist 16 no. 3 (December 1894): 138.
- ↑ H. S. Olcott, "Charities" Lucifer 3 no. 18 (February, 1889): 503.
- ↑ "Charitable Dispensary in Bombay" Supplement to The Theosophist 6 no. 61 (October, 1884): 143.
- ↑ "Charities" Lucifer 3 no. 18 (February, 1889): 503
- ↑ See HPB letter to Khandalavala dated Jan-Feb 1882 and HPB letter to Khandalavala dated March 1882. HPB Collected Letters Volume 2.
- ↑ See Introduction to Letter 244 in HPB Collected Letters.