Bhimji Parekh or Bhimji Parikh (1610–1680) was an Indian businessman. He was born in 1610 in Surat. He is remembered today primarily for having introduced...
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space for the berthing of 20 ships. In 1670, the Parsi businessman Bhimjee Parikh imported the first printing press into Bombay. Between 1661 and 1675...
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St Paul's college. See Printing in Goa. 1674-75 Bombay British India Bhimjee Parikh / Henry Hills East India Company supplied press, with only a Latin typeface...
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‘oriental’ medicine that Fardunji practiced. Darukhanawala, Hormusji Dhunjishaw (1939), Parsi Lustre on Indian Soil, vol. 1, Bombay: G. Claridge Bhimjee Parikh...
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1670 – First printing press imported to Mumbai by Parsi businessman Bhimjee Parikh 1672 – Consecration of the first Tower of Silence and first Fire temple...
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