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Lovji Nusserwanjee Wadia (1702–1774) was a Parsi from Surat province of Gujarat in India and was a member of the Wadia family of shipwrights and naval architects, who founded Wadia Group in 1736. Lovji Wadia secured contracts with the British East India Company to build ships and docks in Bombay in 1736.
Feb 14, 2024 · The Wadia Group was founded by Lovji Nusserwanjee Wadia in 1736, when he opened a Marine Construction company that built ships for the British. He was one of India’s first master shipbuilders and a pioneer of the global ship building industry.
Lovji Nusserwanjee Wadia advanced the Wadia shipbuilding dynasty in 1736, when he obtained a contract from the British East India Company for building docks and ships in Bombay (present-day Mumbai).
There, Nusserwanji Maneckji Wadia (1753-1814), grandson of the great shipbuilder Lovji Wadia, founded a family business specializing in the markets of these newcomers to Bombay.
Jan 23, 2024 · Lovji Nusserwanjee Wadia was a Parsi from Surat, India and was a member of the Wadia family of shipwrights and naval architects. Known for his high standards of workmanship, Lovji Wadia secured contracts with the British East India Company to build ships and docks in Bombay in 1736.
Lovji Nusserwanjee Wadia was born in 1702 and was a Parsi from the Surat province of Gujarat. The Bombay dry-dock, the first dry-dock in Asia, was built by Lovji and his brother Sorabji in...
Feb 28, 2011 · Lovji Nusserwanjee Wadia (17021774) was a Parsi from Surat, India and was a member of the Wadia family of shipwrights and naval architects. Known for his high standards of workmanship,...
