The Maharashtra cabinet on March 13 decided to ask the Ministry of Railways to rename Mumbai Central station after Nana Jagannath Shankarseth.
Key points
- The social reformer, educationist, and philanthropist Nana Jagannath Shankarseth (February 10, 1803-July 31, 1865) is often described as the “architect” of present day Bombay (Now Mumbai).
- He was the first Indian to be nominated to the Legislative Council of Bombay.
- He founded the Native School of Bombay, which was renamed first as the Bombay Native Institution, and then as the Board of Education. Finally, this institution evolved into the prestigious Elphinstone College.
- The first train in India ran between Boribunder and Thane on April 16, 1853. The 34-km project undertaken by the Great Indian Peninsular Railway Company. The committee that gave the project impetus included Sir Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy and Nana Shankarseth.
