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Pherozeshah Mehta

1845–1915

How Pherozeshah Mehta is discussed in this archive

Subject of 1 profile piece — including The Moderate Liberalism of “Ferocious Mehta” .

Referenced in 5 other works — including EDUCATION, LEADERSHIP AND VISION OF A FREE INDIA , Homi Mody’s Liberalism: From Pro-Business to Pro-Market , and Lokmanya Tilak : A Conservative Liberal? .

In EDUCATION, LEADERSHIP AND VISION OF A FREE INDIA : Pherozeshah Mehta is listed among the Bombay University alumni whose tradition Palkhivala salutes as the exemplar of the educated, morally serious public servant that contemporary India has failed to produce.

In Homi Mody’s Liberalism: From Pro-Business to Pro-Market : Pherozeshah Mehta is named as Homi Mody's political mentor and ideological model, with both men described as Parsis who dominated the Bombay municipality and shared a liberal-by-instinct temperament.

In Lokmanya Tilak : A Conservative Liberal? : Pherozeshah Mehta is named among the moderate liberal leadership of the late 19th century, part of the political context that shaped and constrained Tilak's reception.

In Minoo Masani: Old Liberalism & New Liberalism : Pherozeshah Mehta is recalled as one of the old liberals Masani personally saw, part of the generation whose tradition was eclipsed by Gandhi's nationalism.

In Nani Palkhivala: Education, Leadership, and Vision of Free India : Pherozeshah Mehta is named among the great liberal figures who passed through the University of Mumbai and dedicated their lives to India, invoked as part of Palkhivala's homage to Maharashtra's liberal legacy.

About Pherozeshah Mehta (1)

Profile pieces (1)

  • The Moderate Liberalism of “Ferocious Mehta”
    • "Sir Pherozeshah Mehta was part of this grouping, which went on to found Indian National Congress later in 1885." — establishes his foundational role in Indian nationalism
    • "Mehta has been dubbed as the "Father of the Municipal Government in Bombay", both for his involvement in and advocacy for local self-governance." — identifies his most important practical legacy

Mentioned in (5)

Primary works (1)

  • EDUCATION, LEADERSHIP AND VISION OF A FREE INDIA · 1998
    • "He calls for moral leadership in education, grounded in courage, intellectual integrity, and a sense of values, and salutes the Bombay University tradition of Naoroji, Mehta, Ranade, Tilak, and Gokhale." — Mehta cited as part of the distinguished Bombay liberal tradition invoked as a moral standard

Opinion pieces (1)

Excerpts (3)

  • Lokmanya Tilak : A Conservative Liberal?
    • "The ‘moderate’ leadership in the late 19th century included Gopal Krishna Gokhale, M.G Ranade, Dadabhai Naoroji, Pherozeshah Mehta" — lists Mehta as one of the English-educated moderate leaders whose approach Tilak challenged
  • Minoo Masani: Old Liberalism & New Liberalism
    • "I saw Pherozeshah Mehta. I knew Sapru and Jayakar. They have all gone and the old Liberalism has gone also." — personal recollection framing Mehta as one of the last representatives of the old liberal tradition
  • Nani Palkhivala: Education, Leadership, and Vision of Free India
    • "Sir Pherozeshah Mehta, Mahadev Govind Ranade, Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Gopal Krishna Gokhale- all of whom had the distinction of passing through the portals of this great University" — Palkhivala's litany of Maharashtra's liberal giants as a standard India has failed to honour