The family began with Kota Kamdar as far as authentic record
goes:
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Dhirendra Kumar (far right) |
W. Usha (picture not available |
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| Ashok(died at age 16) |
Niranjan |
W. Veena |
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| Atul |
W. Alpa |
Anish Atul Mehta |
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| Anup Atul Mehta |
1. Mahatma Gandhi with Nautamlalbhai
Kamdar at Kamri Bai School on January 21,1915 |
2. Indira Gandhi and Jawarharlal Nehru,
stayed with Manilal Mehta Kamdar in May 1937 in Rangoon
for" seen with Sharda (Amma) & a family members. |
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| 3. Gandhiji visiting Mill
in Rangoon seen with Manilal Mehta & other Family
members. |
4. Jawarharlal Nehru and
Indira Gandhi were received at the airport by Manilal
Mehta during their Rangoon trip in May 1937 |
5. Letters were written to Nautamlal
Kamdar in 1907 from America's famous Business Icon William
Randolph Hearst of Hearst castle. CA. |
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| 6. Kamdar history in Gujarati.
A Famous Jain Muni, (Guru) Jethmalji Swami has written
about Kamdar Family, and their influence over British
through Integrity and Trust. |
7. Documentation of how
and when Mohandas K. Gandhi became known as the "Mahatma".
This is called a Manpatra. Click Here for an English Translation
(Jan. 21,1951) |
8. This is back side of Mahatma Gandhiji's
Manpatra from prominent civilians of Sorath(Jetpur) signed
here. in those days age of a person was more important
then money. |
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| 9. Wife of Mahatma Gandhi,
Shrimati Kasturba Gandhi was also given Manpatra in Jetpur
on January 21, 1915. |
10. Reverse side of Kasturba's
Manpatra. Signed by Prominent Lady Personalities of Jetpur. |
11. Mahatma Gandhi's Hand written letter
to Mulshankar Nautamlal Mehta, (Kamdar) is about him advising
him whether to marry or not to marry while fighting for
Freedom for India from British. |
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| 12. Click the photo above
to know about a unique connection between the Kamdar and
Nehru family. This connections are recorded to have started
in 1885. Bhagvanji and Nautamlal Kamdar met Motilal Nehru
during the formation of the Indian National Congress between
1885 to 1920. of contact with Kamdars. |
2nd Generation: Manilal,
the son of Nautamlal, and Manilal's wife, Sharda hosted
had Nehru and Indira Gandhi at their Rangoon home. This
was during their visit to Rangoon. (of 8 days) in 1937. |
3rd Generation Pallavi Mehta, seen in
the last photo, met Smt Indira Gandhi at Rajkot Airport
in 1960 |
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| 13. This is the tithis
of our Kamdar kutum's Nived (Naived). We have to perform
Nived on these tithis to get the blessings of Surdhan
Bapa. This Nived is very strictly followed according to
proportion of food and the weight of food. |
14. Read about a true story
as to how business was done based on shear trust and honesty
in the old days (around 1830- 1840). This story involved
the famous Nagar seth of Ahmedavad, Seth Himabhai and
Nagar Seth of Jetpur, Seth Nabherambhai Kamdar. Seth Himabhai
had honored a hundi of one lakh 50 thousand rupees from
Seth Narbherambhai without having personally known him.
At present value, it could be equivalent to 300 to 400
crore rupees. |
The special bond that Seth Himabhai and
Seth Narbherambhai left, was revived unknowingly in 1970
at Atul's Factory in Valsad (Gujarat). That story goes
a little something like this. Niranjan Mehta, the great
grandson of Narbheram Seth, was the captain of the Gujarat
Cricket team. (www.coachguru.com ) |
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| The host of the match was
the local industrialist, Seth Siddarth Kasturbhai Lalbhai.
Before the match day, Seth Siddarth's son, Sunil (age
10) was stricken with typhoid. As a great fan of cricket,
he wanted to meet, Gujarat's captain, Niranjan Mehta |
( www.niranjanmehta.com
) and Maharashtra's captain Chandu Borde. His father,
Seth Siddarth, invited Borde and Niranjan Mehta to his
home, without him knowing that this Niranjan Mehta is
the great grandson of Seth Narbheram (see the picture
on the right). This is the same Seth Narbheram that Seth
Himabhai visited in 1830 in Jetpur. To these great business
families were able to maintain contact by forces unknown.
Both families have the longest family recorded history
in the world. |
This is Nautamlal Kamdar and Acharat
Ba. This photo could be taken in 1880. |
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| Nautamlal Kamdar has written
a letter to his father, Bhagvanjibhai, requesting him
to send his tennis racket which was forgotten at home.
This letter was written in Jan. 15, 1880. He was studying
at Gujarat College, Ahmedabad. |
This doll was made by Sharda
(Amma) when she was 10 years old. It is still with her. |
Manilal Nautamlal (second from left),
two princes of Muli State, and Ramriklal Kamdar (brother-in-law
of Manilal Kamdar). The other gentlemen are assistants
(wearing turbans). |
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| The middle row are (from
left) the sons of Nautamlal: Vajubhai, Manilal, and Mulshankar.
The other two gentlemen are not identified. This picture
was taken in Kamdar vadi in Jetpur in 1920. |
Manilal (in center, sitting)
at Ferguson College in Pune. 1924. If anyone knows the
other gentlemen in the picture, please contact us. |
Family in Mumbai: Ketoo Desai (daughter
of Malini), Anibhen (grand-daughter of Dr. P. J. Mehta,
Nalini Desai (daughter of Manilal), Shardabhen (wife of
Manilal), Appabhai (grandson of Dr. P. J. Mehta), Hasmukh
Chokshi (Manilal's Sister's Son), Pallavi Mehta (daughter
of Manilal) |
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| Dhirendra (in front center)
with royal family of Muli could be 1940 |
Nautamlal Kamdar (4th from
the left) and Mulshankar (second from the left) attending
a marriage in Muli. |
Nautamlal with 3 sons in front (from
left): Manilal, Vajubhai, and Mulshankar. could be 1930 |
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| Niranjan and Atul at the
ends, sitting. Pallavi is in the center on the floor.
The back row (sitting) is Jyoti. |
This is the proof of our
family's use of astrology. This is Nautamlal Bhagvanji
Kamdar's kundli. This was made in 1866. We are looking
for some one who knows Pali to help us translate this
text into Gujarati and English. |
This is a street in Rangoon in early
20th century. Mogul Street |
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| Another shot of Rangoon,
early 20th century |
Last living sibling of Manilal
Nautamlal is Vanibhen (farthest left). She married into
M.U. Mehta family of Morbi. They were vaqils in South
Africa. Here she is seen with grand-daughters of Manilal
(Anjali and Riddhi), and her son Rohit and wife Devyani. |
Kamdar family women were very progressive
as early as in the 1920s and 1930s. As seen in the photograph,
Motiba (wife of Chamanlal Bhagvanji Mehta (Kamdar)) and
Savita Kaki took part in the Freedom Movement and went
to jail. In this picture you can see them sitting on the
bottom right is Motiba and in the center is Savita Kaki
(wife of Gijubhai Mansing Kamdar). Gijubhai was also very
popular in Madras as a social worker. |
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| In these pictures you can
see Bhagvanji Narbheram Mehta (Kamdar) in his stately
order. |
In these pictures you can
see Bhagvanji Narbheram Mehta (Kamdar) in his stately
order. |
Here is Subhadra Jyotindra Doshi. She
is the grandaughter of Nautamlal Mehta. And she is the
daughter of Kashiben. In this picture she is seen with
Tenzing Norgay, the first to reach the top of Mount Everest. |
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| Here is the picture of Bhagvanji
Narbheram Mehta (Kamdar.) He is in the center. This picture
was taken around 1860. |
This is the most interesting
picture. It is rarely seen anywhere. Mahatma Gandhi is
sitting with Chiang Kai-shek. He was the first leader
of independent Taiwan and promoter of capitalism. |
In this picture, Gandhiji is playing
with Nautamlal Mehta's grandson, Appa. Appa was the grandson
of Dr. P.J. Mehta son of Gandhiji's favorite daughter,
Manjula. Manjula was the daughter of Nautamlal Mehta.
Later Appa became a doctor and he taught in Mumbai, India.
His birth name was Indrajit and this name was given by
Mahatma Gandhi himself. Appa (Indrajit) died very peacefully
in Mumbai on May 14, 2006 at the age of 70. |
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