Jagannath Shankarseth

Jagannath Shankarseth

Indian reformer, philanthropist during British Raj (1831–1865)

📍 Mumbai, Maharashtra India

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Jagannath Shankarshet (Sunkersett), better known as Nana Shankarshet (ā¤ļ⤂⤕⤰ā¤ļāĨ‡ā¤Ÿ), was an Indian philanthropist and educationalist. He was born in the wealthy Murkute family in Bombay. So high was his credit that Arabs, Afghans and other foreign merchants chose to place their treasures in his custody rather than with banks. He was one of two Indian members on the first board of management the Great Indian Peninsula Railway along with Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy.

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