death_date death_place religion birth_place nationality birth_date image article_title name
31 july 1865 mumbai , maharashtra hindu mumbai , maharashtra india 10 february 1803 jagannath_sunkersett . jpg jaganath shunkerseth
 jagannath sunkersett
jaganath shunkerseth

sunkersett became an active leader in many arenas of life in bombay -lrb- now mumbai -rrb- .
foreseeing the need for improvements in education , he became one of the founders of the school society and the native school of bombay , the first of its kind in western india .
the school went through a series of name changes : in 1824 , it became the bombay native institution , in 1840 , the board of education , and in 1856 the name which continues to this day , the elphinstone educational institution .
when the students ' literary and scientific society first opened their girls ' schools , jugonnath sunkersett contributed much of the necessary funds , despite strong opposition of some members of the hindu community .
other educational projects he began include the english school , the sanskrit seminary , and the sanskrit library , all of which are located in girgaum , south mumbai .
in 1845 , along with sir jamsetjee jeejeebhoy , he formed the indian railway association .
eventually , the association was incorporated into the great indian peninsula railway , and jeejeebhoy and sunkersett became the only two indians among the ten directors of the gip railways .
as a director , sunkersett participated in the very first train journey in india between bombay and thane , which took approximately 45 minutes .
jugonnath sunkersett , sir george birdwood and dr bhau daji were instrumental in the some of the major reconstruction efforts of the city , beginning 1857 .
the three gradually changed a town made up of a close network of streets into a spacious and airy city , adorned with fine avenues and splendid buildings .
he became the first indian to be nominated to the legislative council of bombay under the `` xxty 26 act of 1861 '' , and became a member of the bombay board of education .
he also was the first indian member of the asiatic society of mumbai , and is known to have endowed a school and donated land in grant road for a theater .
his influence was used by sir john malcolm to induce the hindus to acquiesce in the suppression of suttee or widow-burning , and his efforts also paid off after the hindu community was granted a cremation ground at sonapur -lrb- now marine lines -rrb- .
he is known to have donated generously to hindu temples .
during the first war of independence of 1857 , the british suspected his involvement , but acquitted him due to lack of evidence .
he died in mumbai on 31 july 1865 .
a year after his death a marble statue was erected at the asiatic society of bombay .
erstwhile girgaum road and chowk -lrb- nana chowk -rrb- at grant road are named after him in south mumbai .
jagannath 's ancestor babulshet ganbashet migrated to bombay in the mid-18th century from konkan .
babulshet 's son shankarshet was a prominent businessman of south mumbai in the late-18th century .
gunbow street -lrb- now called rustom sidhwa marg -rrb- in the fort business district of present-day mumbai , is named after ganbashet , and not , as many people assume , a british colonial .
the dr. bhau daji lad museum , formerly the victoria and albert museum , at byculla in bombay which was designed by a famous london architect was built with the patronage of many wealthy indian businessmen and philanthropists like jagannath , david sassoon and sir jamsetjee jejeebhoy .
the bhavani-shankar mandir and the ram mandir near nana chowk were built by shankarshet babulshet in the early-19th century and are currently in the possession of the sunkersett family .
