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Sir Pherozeshah Mehta, KCIE (4 August 1845 – 5 November 1915) was a Parsi Indian political leader, activist, and a leading lawyer of Mumbai (formerly known as Bombay), India, who was knighted by the British Government in India for his service to the law. His political ideology was, as was the case with most of the Indian leaders of his time, moderate. Hence, he was not directly opposed to the British Crown's sovereignty, but only demanded more autonomy for Indians to self-rule. He became the Municipal commissioner of Bombay Municipality in 1873 and its President four times – 1884, 1885, 1905 and 1911.〔(Mehta Biography )〕 He was chosen the president of the Indian National Congress in 1890. ==Early life== Pherozeshah Merwanjee Mehta was born on 4 August 1845 in Bombay (now Mumbai) to a Parsi business family. Graduating from the Elphinstone College in 1864 he passed the M.A. examination, with honours, six months later, being the first Parsi to have obtained a Master's degree from the University of Mumbai. He later went to England to study law at Lincoln's Inn in London. In 1868 he returned to India and was admitted to the bar, and soon established a practice for himself in a profession which was till then dominated by British lawyers. It was during a legal defence of Arthur Crawford that he pointed out the need for reforms in the Bombay municipal government. Later, he drafted the Bombay Municipal Act of 1872,〔(History The Bombay Municipal Corporation (BMC) )〕 and is thus considered the father of Bombay Municipality.〔(Political figures )〕 Eventually, Sir Pherozeshah Mehta left his law practice to join politics. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pherozeshah Mehta」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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