page_title: Pherozeshah Mehta
section_title: Political and social activities
hierarchical_section_title: Pherozeshah Mehta / Political and social activities
caption_attribution_description: English: Statue of Sir Pherozeshah Mehta in front of BMC building, Mumbai, India Français&#160;: Statue de Sir Pherozeshah Mehta en face du BMC building, Mumbai, Inde
context_page_description: Sir Pherozeshah Merwanjee Mehta KCIE was an Indian Parsi politician and lawyer from Bombay. He was knighted by the British Government in India for his service to the law. He became the Municipal commissioner of Bombay Municipality in 1873 and its President four times – 1884, 1885, 1905 and 1911. Mehta was one of the founding member and President of the Indian National Congress in 1890.
context_section_description: When the Bombay Presidency Association was established in 1885, Mehta became its president, and remained so for the rest of his years. He encouraged Indians to obtain western education and embrace its culture to uplift India. He contributed to many social causes for education, sanitation and health care in the city and around India.
  Mehta was one of the founders of the Indian National Congress. He was the chairman of the Reception Committee in its fifth session in Bombay in 1889. He presided over the next session in Calcutta.
  Mehta was nominated to the Bombay Legislative Council in 1887 and in 1893 a member of the Imperial Legislative Council. In 1894, he was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire (CIE) and was appointed a Knight Commander (KCIE) in 1904.
  In 1910, he started The Bombay Chronicle, an English-language weekly newspaper, which became an important nationalist voice of its time, and an important chronicler of the political upheavals of a volatile pre-independent India. He served as a member of Bombay's Municipal Corporation for six years.
  Mehta died on 5 November 1915, in Bombay.
caption: Statue of Sir Pherozeshah Mehta in front of BMC's HQ next to CST
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