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Sir Adamji PeerbhoyKIHJP (13 August – 11 August ) was an Indian business magnate, philanthropist and member of the Dawoodi Bohra community based at Bombay in British India.

Biography

Adamji Peerbhhai was born in in Dhoraji, Princely State of Gondal, British India (now Gujarat), in a very poor Dawoodi Bohra family to Qadir bhai and Sakina Banu Peerbhoy.^[1]

Adamji Peerbhai started his career at age of 13, as a street vendor in Bombay, selling match boxes but in one of the "rags to riches" stories being helped by two persons in his early life, one Seth Lukmanji and other an Englishman, Lt.

Smith. Later by his untiring efforts and ability by the turn of the 19th century, became one of India's largest cotton manufacturers and wealthiest men.^[2] At one point he employed more than 15, workers in his cotton mills^[3] and supplied the canvas used for the tents and khaki uniforms of the British soldiers during the Second Boer War.

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