Presentation by :

1. Sumedha Jain
2. Priyanshi Khandewal
3. Rhitabrata Mitra
4. Prikhil Agrawal
5. Raghav Malhotra
6. Pratik Roy
 Book under review – Three Merchants of Bombay by Lakshmi Subramanian
 About the three pioneering businessmen (19th Century)

 Bombay a cosmopolitan

 What the book explores…

 Prominent Merchant Communities

 The Indian Merchant
 Merchant Communities – Parsee/Baniya/Jain
 Merchants ventured out towards lucrative and new areas.
 New businesses and ventures set up overseas.
 Common thing of all- Grit and Resolve to confront adversity
 Introduction of Trawadi Arjunji Nathji
 The rise of Trawadi Arjunji
 Introduction
 His life and business career
 Baronetcy
 Jeejeebhoy and the Parsee community
 Being an opportunist
 Overview
 Life and Business career
 Work towards betterment of the community
 Resilience (Falling down and rising from ashes to glory)
 Trawadi Arjunji Nathji, Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy and Premchand Roychand, the holy
trinity of the Bombay business world.
 Pioneers of change
Qualities we can learn

Grit and Being Being

Adaptaility Opportunistic Resilient