Peston Padamji Ginwala
Peston Padamji Ginwala (9 February 1919 – 2 July 2008) also known as Pesi Ginwala was a noted senior barrister from India, working at Calcutta High Court.
Life-sketch
[edit]He was born on 9 February 1919 in Rangoon[1] to Sir Padamji Pestonji Ginwala, also a noted barrister, economist and public figure of British India and British Burma.[2] Peston was educated at Charterhouse School, London, before completing his law degree at the prestigious Balliol College, Oxford. He joined the bar at Inner Temple.[3] He moved to Calcutta in 1945, before starting his career at Calcutta High Court.[3] Peston was married to Hilla, in whose honour he started a scholarship named The Hilla Ginwala Scholarship worth £10,000 per year for needy students from India, willing to study at Oxford University[4] He was noted for his legal acumen and expertise.[2][3] He also served as a director in various companies like Indian Iron & Steel Co.[5] promoted by Calcutta-based industrialist, Sir Ranjen Mookerjee and others.[1][6]
He died in Kolkata in July 2008.[2][3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Who's who in India, 1986 : Guide Publications :pp 150
- ^ a b c The Parsees of Calcutta by Dalia Ray – 2005 – Page 56
- ^ a b c d "PESI GINWALA". The Telegraph, Kolkata. 3 July 2008. Archived from the original on 26 February 2014. Retrieved 26 February 2014.
- ^ "Oxford University scholarships for Indian students". oxforduniversity. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
- ^ Investor's India Year Book by George Harvey Le Maistre, Place, Siddons and Gough, Calcutta Place, Siddons and Gough - 1965- Page 383
- ^ Calcutta Stock Exchange Official Year Book 1980 pp: 330
- 1919 births
- 2008 deaths
- Indian barristers
- Parsi people
- Scholars from Kolkata
- Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford
- People from Yangon
- Members of the Inner Temple
- 20th-century Indian lawyers
- 20th-century Indian philanthropists
- People educated at Charterhouse School
- Indian expatriates in British Burma
- Indian expatriates in the United Kingdom
- Burmese emigrants to India
- Burmese people of Indian descent