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Among the three brothers, only Hirji
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European firms in Bombay. By 1846 he was able to begin trading on his own account. In 1866 Readymoney was appointed a commissioner of
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Readymoney built colleges, hospitals, insane asylums; founded a refuge for people of "respectability" who found themselves destitute or friendless in Bombay; erected several drinking fountains of artistic merit; gave donations to the
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trade with China. The brothers were cash-rich and worked as bankers for various
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family. His great-grandfather and two great-uncles had moved in the early 18th century from
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