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Amichand Shah

Founder

Founder 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
Organisations
1
Based in
Mumbai
Founded
1834
Press
2

References

  1. [1] “The Panjrapole was founded by two businessmen, Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy and Amichand Shah, in 1834, initially to look after stray dogs and pigs.” — Bombay Panjrapole. Source

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