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'''Adi Kanga''' was an Indian civil engineer, writer and one of the planners of the city of [[Navi Mumbai]].<ref name="Visionary who helped create a city">{{Cite web |url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/visionary-who-helped-create-a-city-20130429-2iohu.html |title=Visionary who helped create a city |date=2013-04-29 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en |access-date=2018-05-10}}</ref> He was born on March 16, 1923 in [[Mumbai|Bombay]] (now Mumbai) to a [[Parsi]] family.<ref name="Adi Kanga (1923-2013)">{{Cite web |url=https://zoroastriansnet.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/adi-kanga-1923-2013.pdf |title=Adi Kanga (1923-2013) |date=2018-05-10 |website=zoroastriansnet |access-date=2018-05-10}}</ref> He worked at [[City and Industrial Development Corporation]] as a general manager where he was involved in the planning and execution of [[Navi Mumbai]] city and it was he who recommended the construction of [[Vashi Bridge]].<ref name="The story of Adi R. Kanga">{{Cite web |url=https://parsikhabar.net/individuals/the-story-of-adi-r-kanga/6677/ |title=The story of Adi R. Kanga |date=2013-08-07 |website=Parsi Khabar |language=en-US |access-date=2018-05-10}}</ref> Kanga personally drew up the plans for the New City at Vashi, on the dining table at his residence. Hand colouring the various zones of the proposed new city even before drafts men were available at CIDCO.<ref name="The story of Adi R. Kanga" /><br />
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He was also the author of a book ''Number Mosaics: Journeys in Search of Universals'',<ref>{{Cite book|title=Number mosaics : journeys in search of universals|last=Kanga|first=Adi R.|date=1995|publisher=World Scientific|isbn=9810218885|location=Singapore|oclc=33052541}}</ref> published in 1995. He died on April 1, 2013 in Sydney.<ref name="Visionary who helped create a city" /><br />
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* {{Cite web |url=http://www.zoroastrian.org.uk/vohuman/Author/Kanga,Adi.htm |title=Kanga, Adi |date=2018-05-10 |website=www.zoroastrian.org.uk |access-date=2018-05-10}}<br />
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