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Premchand Roychand

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33: 149:. Recorded as the first Indian broker able to speak, read and write English, he entered the lists as a stock broker in 1849. Apart from the capital markets, Jain had significant business interests in the cotton and bullion trades along with the stock market. He was a founding member of 211:
Premchand Roychand Scholarship award was started by Premchand Roychand in 1866. It is very old and prestigious scholarship award. Each year this competition and award is organized by
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that he named Premodayan became Regina Pacis Convent, an orphanage and school for destitute girls.
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Premchand Roychand was born in 1832 in a Dasa Oswal Bania or (Vani caste of Shravak Jains of
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monk Mohanlalji Maharaja was his preceptor and teacher. The Roychand family moved to
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Three Merchants of Bombay: Business Pioneers of the Nineteenth Century
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in 1878. He was director of the Bank of Bombay, the largest in the
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Premchand Roychand & Sons (Business Group's Official Website)
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businessman known as the "Cotton King" and "Bullion King" from
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was named for his mother and was built from a donation of
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Mittal Publications. pp. 39–40. 458:Lakshmi Subramanian (15 January 2016). 252: 491:"Premchand Roychand and Bombay dreams" 161:in April 1861 which stayed till 1865. 541:Rakesh Kumar Bhatt (1 January 1995). 485: 483: 481: 303:"Premchund Roychand, 1863's Big Bull" 7: 713:19th-century Indian businesspeople 568:Sunavala, Nergish (19 June 2016). 65:March 1906 (aged 74–75) 14: 688:Businesspeople from British India 640:Mishra, Ashish K. (23 May 2015). 399:Mishra, Ashish K. (23 May 2015). 260:Mishra, Ashish K. (23 May 2015). 199:He died in 1906. His bungalow in 99:(1832–1906) was an Indian, 517:"An insane interlude in history" 186:J.B. Petit High School for Girls 286:Mishra, Ashish (29 May 2015). 1: 683:People from Bombay Presidency 427:Kaul, Vivek (4 March 2007). 353:"Welcome to Premchand Group" 328:"Welcome to Premchand Group" 301:gateway (28 January 2021). 73:Stockbroker and businessman 729: 166:Backbay reclamation scheme 708:19th-century Indian Jains 192:. He also donated to the 30: 225:Sharada Dwivedi (2006). 495:The Hindu Business Line 623:"Distinguished Alumni" 213:University of Calcutta 190:University of Calcutta 379:"Prabhavaka Sthaviro" 155:Bombay Stock Exchange 112:Bombay Stock Exchange 89:Bombay Stock Exchange 87:and establishment of 231:. 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Index


Surat
Rajabai Clock Tower
Bombay Stock Exchange
Śvetāmbara
Jain
Bombay
Bombay Stock Exchange
Rajabai Clock Tower
Śvetāmbara sect
Surat
Śvetāmbara
Jain
Bombay
Elphinstone College
Bombay Stock Exchange
American Civil War
Backbay reclamation scheme
Rajabai Clock Tower
University of Bombay
Bombay Presidency
J.B. Petit High School for Girls
University of Calcutta
Asiatic Society
Byculla
University of Calcutta
Premchand Roychand (1831-1906): His Life and Times
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978-81-903821-1-3
"Premchand Roychand: Mumbai's original share king"

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