Lovji Nusserwanjee Wadia
Indian businessman (1702–1774)
Lovji Nusserwanjee Wadia (Lowjee Nusserwanjee Wadia) (1702–1774) was a Parsi from Surat province of Gujarat in India and was a member of the Wadia family of shipwrights and naval architects. Lovji was the founder of Wadia Group in 1736.2
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Born 1702, died 1774.1
About
Lovji Wadia secured contracts with the British East India Company to build ships and docks in Bombay in 1736. Lovji Wadia's company built 355 ships, including the first ships built for the British Navy outside England. This, and subsequent efforts, would result in Bombay becoming one of the most strategically important ports for the British in Asia.
The Bombay dry-dock, the first dry-dock in Asia, was built by Lovji and his brother Sorabji in 1750.
Lovji is considered the founder of the shipping and shipbuilder industry in Bombay. To this day, Surat remains the largest break-up beaching port (where ships are stripped and disassembled) in the world.
Lovji had two sons, Maneckji and Bomanji.
From Wikipedia’s article on Lovji Nusserwanjee Wadia, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.2
Companies
- Wadia GroupFounder5
Career
Occupation: businessperson.4
- Date not recordedFounded Wadia Group3
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- 5WikidataWadia Group, Founder