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"Lodd" Govindoss Chathurbhujadoss was a

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businessman from

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. He was the owner of C. Kushaldoss and Sons and served as

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of Madras.

Personal life

Chathurbhujadoss was the son of Chathurbhujadoss Kushaldoss, the founder of the C. Kushaldoss and Sons, a textile firm based in the city of

. The Kushaldoss family had migrated from

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and had settled in the city.

Muthiah Deshabandu Muttiah Muralitharan ( si, මුත්තයියා මුරලිදරන්, ta, முத்தையா முரளிதரன், also spelt Muralidaran; born 1972) is a Sri Lankan cricket coach, former professional c ...

, p 76 Apart from the textile business, the Kushaldoss family traded in silk, musk and spices and were the agents of

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in the

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. The family also ran a successful banking business.

Public activities

Chathurbhujadoss was involved in various philanthropic activities throughout his life. In 1906, he contributed Rs. 10,000 towards a statue of

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in front of Government Estate and commissioned another of

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during his silver jubilee celebrations in 1935. He donated land for the Madras Pinjrapole, a home for old and sick animals at

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in 1906 and gifted a property called ''Umda Bagh'' in Binny Road to the government on which the Quaid-e-Milleth Government Arts College for Women was later built.

, p 157

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References

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