Jul 11, 2017
‘Khada Parsi’ or ‘Standing Parsi’ in English is almost 40 feet tall and 150 year old cast iron structure and bronze statue of Shet Cursetjee Manockjee that was built in 1860s by his youngest son Manockjee Cursetjee, by spending almost a lakh of rupees then. Manockjee, known as a reformer in education sector, is responsible for founding one of the first schools for girls in Mumbai in 1863, now called Alexandra Girls English Institution, located in South Mumbai.http://bit.ly/2sdt0HL #India #mumbai #khadaparsi (at Mumbai DREAM TOURS)
