N. D. Khandalavala

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Judge Khān Bahādur N. D. Khandalavala

Khān Bahādur Navroji Dorabji Khandalavala was a Parsi Judge and highly respected Indian theosophist. His application for membership in the Theosophical Society was accepted on November 25, 1879, and he was officially admitted on January 4, 1880, at a special meeting in Bombay.[1] He became President of the Poona Theosophical Society, and was a valuable supporter of the Founders.

According to Readers Guide to The Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett:

Khandalawala, N. D., a provincial judge, member of the TS from its early days in India. A loyal supporter of HSO and HPB in the Coulomb affair which developed in 1884. ML, p. 187.[2]

Madame Blavatsky conducted a correspondence with him.

Notes

  1. Theosophical Society General Membership Register, 1875-1942 at http://tsmembers.org/. See book 1, entry 326 (website file: 1A/15).
  2. George E. Linton and Virginia Hanson, eds., Readers Guide to The Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett (Adyar, Chennai, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1972), 236.