SHANKARSHET
(SUNKERSETT) 1803 — 1865
THE MAN
MUMBAI
FORGOT
There's a bust on the front of CSMT.
Three million people walk under it every day.
Almost none of them know whose face it is.
I'm his 6th-generation descendant.
This is what I found when I
finally went looking.
ENTERPRISE
BEGINS TO CHANGE
• INFRASTRUCTURE
• MODERNITY
HIS FINGERPRINTS
Built in 1806, this active temple was erected by Nana's father in memory of his mother.
VIEW LOCATION →A busy Mumbai junction that thousands cross daily, carrying his name as a term of affection.
VIEW LOCATION →Where Nana lived and died. He opened one of Bombay's first private schools for girls here.
VIEW LOCATION →Opened in 1857 to make quality schooling accessible to the poor children of Girgaon.
VIEW LOCATION →A cremation ground he defended from closure, personally funding the protective stone walls.
VIEW LOCATION →Houses Nana's white marble statue, sculpted in London. Upstairs, the library holds books he funded.
VIEW LOCATION →He chaired the fund that built this college, whose alumni became the makers of modern India.
VIEW LOCATION →Nana was a Founding Fellow in 1857 and served on its inaugural Senate, shaping its early curriculum.
VIEW LOCATION →He sat on the founding committee of this premier art school, bridging traditional craft and modern design.
VIEW LOCATION →The starting point of India's first train run in 1853. Look up: Nana is the only Indian face on the facade.
VIEW LOCATION →He proposed the medical college and funded scholarships so students could study medicine in Marathi.
VIEW LOCATION →He chaired the Agri-Horticultural Society for 35 years, founding this garden and the museum beside it.
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Every story has a paper trail.
Explore the documents, books, newspapers and records that bring his story to life.
