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Amichand Shah
FounderFounder of Bombay Panjrapole
Amichand Shah is the founder of Bombay Panjrapole (1834)[1], an Indian non-profit working on animals from Mumbai.
Bombay Panjrapole
Founded in 1834 by Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy and Amichand Shah, the Bombay Panjrapole is a charitable trust running a two-acre animal infirmary hidden in the lanes of Bhuleshwar bazaar, caring for hundreds of cows, donkeys, dogs, goats and birds, with branch gaushalas around Mumbai.
Bombay Panjrapole reports the following, on its own site:
- Looks after 350 cows and other stray animals like donkeys, hens, birds, dogs, goats, parrots and ducks
- 176-year-old infirmary spread across two acres in Bhuleshwar
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