Ibrahim Rahimtoola
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The Hon. Sir Ibrahim Rahimtoola GBE, KCSI, CIE |
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| Born | May 1862 Bombay, Bombay Presidency, British India |
| Died | June 1942 (age 80) Bombay, Bombay Presidency, British India |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Known for | Mayor of Bombay in 1899 |
| Relatives |
Jafar Rahimtoola Kaderbhoy (brother) Habib Rahimtoola (son) Fazal I Rahimtoola (son) |
Sir Ibrahim Rahimtoola GBE, KCSI, CIE (May 1862 - June 1942) was an eminent Indian politician, parliamentarian and mayor of Mumbai (1899 - 1900) during British period in India.
Sir Ibrahim Rahimtoola was born in May 1862 to a well known merchant family in Bombay. He studied at the Elphinstone High School and had particular aptitude for the arithmetic, algebra and geometry. His failure in the matriculation exam in 1877 ended his scholastic career after which he joined his father Rahimtoola Kaderbhoy and elder brother Muhammad Rahimtoola in business. In 1880 his father died, and the young brothers were left without much experience in business.
It was during this stage that many changes were to take place in India. The Indian National Congress came into existence by 1885 also. Hence Rahimtoola chalked out a different career path for himself.
In 1892 he joined the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation on behalf of the Mandvi Ward. His association with the Corporation went on for another 26 years actively. In 1895 he warned of the incoming plague in Bombay which was adequately refused by the then British Government. The disease did eventually break out in 1897 taking countless lives. By 1898 he had become President of the Standing Committee of the Corporation. In the same year the Corporation deputed him as a representative on the Improvements Trust where he served for another twenty years [1898-1918].
The following year [1899] he was elected President Mayor of the Corporation. He received tremendous encouragement from Sir Pherozesha Mehta, a well known luminary of Bombay. His works for the city were manifold and there was hardly a subject which he did not deal with throughout his long career. In the same year he was also honored as Justice of Peace [J.P]. He became member of the Bombay Legislature in the same period [1899] thus starting his firm career as a parliamentarian. In August 1900 the Ismaili community honored him in a grand banquet.
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