Monday, May 12, 2008

SIR GOKULDAS TEJPAL FAMILY TREE

About SIR-GOKULDAS TEJPAL-PURECHA TEJPALSIR,G.T. HOSPITAL & TEJPAL HALL-MUMBAI INDIA. FAMILY.A Biographical Sketch of TEJPAL, GOKULDAS (1822-1867) His father began life at an early age as a hawker......... The name `Vile Parle` is derived from the names of small villages that included Idlai - Padlai. Around 1897, some of the rich businessmen came down to the Western Suburbs and bought real estate on a large scale. Some middle class families and government officers also came to Vile Parle to settle down. The railway station was built in 1906 or 1907.A wealthy businessman, Shri Gokuldas Tejpal, bought a huge piece of land near railway station (east) and built a palatial bungalow called Mor Bangla in 1904. Many Maharashtrian families bought land and constructed bungalows and chawls in Vile Parle (E). Dr. Dada Kambli started a charitable trust. He also built small shops alongside the railway line.Gokuldas Tejpal High School Dadi Sheth Agiary Lane, Kalbadevi Mumbai 400 002 Gokuldas Tejpal Hall Tbhe Indian National Congress, held its inaugural session at the Gokuldas Tejpal Hall on December 27, 1885. Today the hall is part of a larger Gokuldas Tejpal complex that includes a boarding school, an auditorium and a well replete with turtles. August Kranti Maidan The Gokuldas Tejpal Hall looks onto the August Kranti Maidan, yet another site with a proud freedom struggle history. The Quit India Movement was launched here by Gandhi on August 8th 1942. This occasion sounded the death knell for British rule and is commemorated by the large white obelisk that stands in the corner of the park. The name `Vile Parle` is derived from the names of small villages that included Idlai - Padlai. Around 1897, some of the rich businessmen came down to Western Suburbs and bought real estate on large scale. Also some middle class families and government officers came to Vile Parle to settle down. The railway station was built somewhere in 1906 or 1907. One of the rich businessman Shri Gokuldas Tejpal bought over the huge piece of land near railway station (east) and built a palatial bunglow called Mor Bangla. (1904 ... The Gokuldas Tejpal Hospital is a government of Maharashtra run free Hospital in South Mumbai, India. It was built in 1875 due to the beneficence of Gokuldas Tejpal a renowned Hindu businessman and philanthropist of Mumbai.
The current Gokuldas Tejpal Hospital has its old and new buildings. A new hospital was being built to be privatised but the project ran into hot water due to land ownership issues and is currently being contested with the building works being completely shut down.
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