Final Victory by Karanjia B K

Author:Karanjia, B K [Karanjia, B K]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9789351187844
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Published: 2000-10-13T16:00:00+00:00

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‘An Industrial Wonderland’

Planning the industrial township at Vikhroli, Pirojsha planted trees before laying the foundations of the factory buildings.

In doing so he was being true to the spirit of his Aryan forefathers, who loved and venerated nature and never destroyed what they believed to be the creations of God. Pollution of the elements of nature was considered by them to be a grievous sin, and hence amazingly, they practised the science of ecology and conservation thousands of years before modern science invented these words.

The first thing the Aryans did on settling in Iran was, according to P. H. Havewala (The Saga of the Aryan Race), to plant trees and flowers: ‘Wherever the Aryans settled in the land, they made a paradise around them by planting beautiful trees and flowers. Iran 20, 000 years ago was transformed into a garden land, each family cultivating its own huge garden with roses, tulips, marigolds, sunflowers and pretty little fountains sprinkling water everywhere. The concept of a garden originated from the noble Aryan race; the very word garden in English would derive thousands of years later from the Avestan word Garo-Deman or Garo- Nmaane; the paradise of Ahura Mazda.’

How Naval, acting on Pirojsha’s behalf, came to acquire the land at Vikhroli is quite a story recorded in the dusty files of the Bombay High Court. It was on 7 July 1835 that Nathaniel Hornby granted by way of perpetual lease, the entire villages of Vikhroli (including the eastern boundary of Vikhroli, which is a creek) and Kanjur to one Framji Cawasjee Banajee. Nearly ninety-five years later, on 28 October 1929, one Moolji Haridas and others assigned, conveyed and released two-fourths share in the village of Vikhroli, freed and discharged of all mortgagees and charges and trusts, in favour of Amratlal Amarchand. Approximately fourteen years later, on 18 January 1943, the Commissioner for Accounts in the High Court of Bombay (in Suit No. 918 of 1935), put up for sale the village of Vikhroli, at which sale Naoroji Pirojsha Godrej was declared the highest bidder and purchased the rights, title and interests of Amratlal Amarchand in the Vikhroli village.

On 15 April 1943, the High Court in Bombay passed the order confirming the sale of the land at Vikhroli, measuring over 3, 000 acres, in favour of Naoroji Pirojsha Godrej, and the Court Receiver was ordered to hand over possession of the village of Vikhroli to Naval. This was confirmed by a letter on 16 July 1943 from the Collector, Bombay Suburban District (BSD) to Payne & Co., attorneys for Naval, stating that the Government of Bombay had accorded their sanction to the transfer of the village to the name of Naoroji Pirojsha Godrej. In the same month, actual possession was handed over by the Court Receiver to Naval’s representative, together with its title deeds and maps.

Five years later, on 7 January 1948, Naval transferred and assigned to Godrej & Boyce Mfg. Co. Pvt. Ltd. all his rights, title and interests in the village of Vikhroli together with the pieces of land purchased by him earlier on 15 April 1943.

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