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Page 8 of 11 Parsis - Eminent Citizens Homi Jehangir Bhabha – Scientist
1909 – 1966 Homi Bhabha served as the President of the UN conference on peaceful uses
of atomic energy in 1955 and later as President of the International Union
of Pure and Applied Physics from 1960 to 63. Bhabha joined the Indian
Institute of Science, Bangalore, in 1940 as a reader in physics. He then
established, with funds from JRD Tata, the Tata Institute of Fundamental
Research in Bombay in 1945. Son of a barrister, Homi Bhabha studied
engineering at Cambridge. He died in a plane crash on Mont Blanc on January
24, 1966. Zubin Mehta Born 29 April 1936, Bombay One of the world's greatest conductors, Zubin Mehta has been the
conductor of the Israel Philharmonic since 1981; he led the New York
Philharmonic (1978-91) , the Los Angeles Philharmonic (1962-78) and the
Montreal Symphony (1961-67) - the first conductor to head two major North
American orchestras at the same time. Zubin's teacher, the late Hans Swarowsky at the Music Academy in Vienna,
Austria, had predicted in 1963 that his former pupil would be "a great
figure in the history of music." His father, violinist and conductor Mehli Mehta, formed Bombay’s first
orchestra ‘The Bombay Symphony’, and also served as associate
concertmaster of the Hallé Orchestra in Manchester, England, from 1955 to
1959. He is currently Music Director of the American Youth Symphony in Los
Angeles. Zubin was the youngest man to conduct the Vienna Philharmonic and the
Berlin Philharmonic, Zubin has conducted over 1,600 performances on five continents. During his thirteen years in New York, he conducted over 1,000 concerts, thus holding the position longer than any Music Director in the Orchestra's modern history. In 1994, he brought the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra to India and conducted in Bombay and New Delhi. In 1998 Zubin Mehta began a five year appointment as Music Director of the Bavarian State Opera in Munich. In 1967 the Indian government awarded him its highest cultural honor,
Padma Bhushan, and in 1976 the Italian government awarded him the honorary
title of Commendatore. writers
Firdaus Kanga ,Rohinton Mistry Media Cyrus Oshidar, MTV(Photo:c 2000 Sooni Taraporevala) Russy and Burjor Karanjia, N.J. Nanporia, Dina Vakil, Frene Talyarkhan, the Kangas of Calcutta, husband and wife who started Navroze, Shehnaz Treasurywala, Cyrus Oshidar Vice president MTV in films Kaizad Gustad - maker of 'Bombay Boys'(Photo:c 2000 Sooni Taraporevala) Sohrab Mody and H.B. Wadia, Kaizad Gustad
Miss Indias Persis Khambatta as a beauty queen and later as an actress in Hollywood. She passed away in 1999.Meher Mistry and Persis Khambatta. Nuclear science Homi Bhabha and Homi Sethna, police Khushru Rustamji, art Jehangir Sabavala, Painter(Photo: c 2000 Sooni Taraporevala) Jehangir Sabavala, the professional art impresarios, Keiku Gandhy and Kali Pundole, the builders with Shapoorji Pallonji. Institutions the Taj chain of hotels, J.J. and Tata Cancer Hospitals, Sir J.J. School Of Arts, the Institute Of Social Sciences and the Institute Of Fundamental Research.
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