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Wazir Jivabhai Bhanji
Period (1866-1938) traced his lineage Jivabhai Bhanji a certain Devas Virabhai Bhagat, who lived in the early 15th century in Kathiawar. Paraptani is said to be his only son, and his son was Parpiya. Karim was the youngest son of Parpiya, and the son of the former was Bhima, who also lived some time in Mundra, Kutchh with his son Hamid. The next generation was followed by Hamid Bhanji, who spent a hard life in Kathiawar in poverty with his two son, Jiva, and Kassim. Jiva, the son of Bhanji was born Monday, January 1, 1866 to tuples, Kathiawar, where he acquired a formal education. Reduced to extreme poverty, he was determined to try his fortune in different places. He wandered from one city to another until he reached Calcutta after three months. Meanwhile, a tourist from some of Burma advised him to proceed to Rangoon for a better perspective. He sailed to Rangoon at an early age of 14 years in 1880. No sooner had he arrived at the sea-port Rangoon he fears to enter the city. He spent three days in the dilemma surrounding the port. His pitiful condition soon disappeared when he made contact with some Indians, who organized its housing in the city and helped to find employment. Jivabhai Bhanji first worked at the shop of a merchant of some Memon for three years. In the event of termination of the contract, he opened his own small grocery store, pulses and grams roasting in 1883. He worked hard to steady progress in Rangoon. As Ismailis and other Indians, he came to dominate the retail trade, which was also mentioned in "The Encyclopedia of Islam" (London, 1960, 1 vol., P. 1333) that "The Ismaili (Khoja) and Gujrati dominated the retail trade in Burma. "The British occupied Burma in 1885 and annexed to the Indian Empire as a province on January 1, 1886, and appointed its own commissioner. With the political upheavals, most Indian traders left Burma. In those days, There were some Indian Ismailis in Burma, which began the first Jamatkhana in Rangoon in 1889, Mughal Street. After establishing a solid foundation in its retail Jivabhai Bhanji called his brother, Kassim Kathiawar to help. It ventures in wholesale transactions of different varieties of cereals and imported from India. It has become a business tycoon and began to be counted in the wealthy class of Rangoon. It has also established a mill flour in 1918, known as The Mill Flour Bombay-Burma, which was renamed The Flour Mill Union after 1946. Imam Sultan Muhammad Shah also visited graceful plant in late 1922. Moreover, it was also an importer of grains, ghee, oil and spices of India. There was also an agent of the Commission for liver Bros. Zeeyawadi soaps and sugar mills for sugar . He also owns two other grocery stores in Rangoon. It is said that Jivabhai Bhanji visited Kathiawar for the first time after his arrival in Burma, in the middle of May 1900 to visit his family. Meanwhile, he learned that Imam Sultan Muhammad Shah was leaving Bombay to Rangoon June 1, 1900. He rushed in Rangoon, where the imam honored its first Didar June 6, 1900. It was the first Imam to visit Burma which he referred to his "Memoirs of Aga Khan" (New York, 1954, pp. 91-92) that "In India, I made a brief visit to Burma and met my disciples he for the first time. "He also added that when the Imam was accorded an enthusiastic ovation at the airport, the Imam addressed to his disciples," I will never forget the keen interest taken in your well-being by British statesman whose pioneering it was my good fortune to meet, and the best advice I can give you is to be spent in your loalty to our gracious sovereign, and to do everything you can. Your Interests are always my first thoughts and I hope that under the Union Jack, we'll be able to meet the increased level of civilization in which the beneficial rule of England has put within our reach. "Jivabhai Bhanji wa.