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{{Short description|British-Indian Baronet (1879–1962)}}
{{other people|Cowasjee Jehangir}}
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| name = Cowasji Jehangir
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1879|02|16}}
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| death_date = {{Death date and age|1962|10|17|1879|02|16}}
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| alma_mater = [[St. John's College, Cambridge|St. John's]], [[Cambridge University|Cambridge]]
| father = [[Jehangir Cowasji Jehangir Readymoney|Cowasji Jehangir, 1st Bt.]]
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'''Sir Cowasji Jehangir, 2nd Baronet''', (16 February 1879 – 17 October 1962) was a prominent member of the [[Bombay]] [[Parsi people|Parsi]] community. He was the son of [[Jehangir Cowasji Jehangir Readymoney|Sir Jehangir Cowasji Jehangir Readymoney, 1st Bt.]] (1853–1934) and grand-nephew of [[Cowasji Jehangir Readymoney|Sir Cowasji Jehangir ''Readymoney'']] (1812–1878). He was educated at [[St John's College, Cambridge]].<ref>Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003.</ref>

Cowasji Jehangir campaigned for a prominent role for the [[Parsi people|Parsi]] [[Zoroastrian]] community in independent India. He had become a member of the "Western India National Liberation Federation", at its founding in 1919, and was elected its president in 1936 and 1937. He was also active in the reactionary "Parsee Central Committee", which was critical of [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] Parsis like [[Dadabhai Naoroji]] and [[Pherozeshah Mehta]].{{citation needed|date=April 2018}}

At the second "[[Round Table Conference]]" in [[London]] during 1930–1932, where the framework for the political and constitutional future of India was laid down, he was one of the three political "liberals" to represent the Parsi community. To the Minorities Committee and the Franchise Committee he advocated a graded franchise based on the standard of education which would have given the Parsis an immense over-representation in future elections. Such a scheme was never taken seriously by any other party in the discussions.{{citation needed|date=April 2018}}

After 1939, when it was apparent that independence was to come in a short while, a large number of Parsis became active in the "Western India National Liberation Federation", whose meetings were often held at his home. As a last-ditch effort, on the eve of independence in 1945, he pleaded to the [[Viceroy of India|Viceroy]] in a telegram not to forget the claims of the Parsis. This appeal, made as the president of the "Parsee Central Association" was nullified by a telegram from a group of Parsis calling themselves the "Freedom Group" which rejected any special privilege for the Parsis.{{citation needed|date=April 2018}}

==Legacy==

[[File:Sir Cowasji Jhangir Pub;ic Hall.jpg|thumb|Sir Cowasji Jhangir Public Hall]]
The [[Jehangir Art Gallery]] was established in 1952 in memory of his late son,<ref>[http://www.jehangirartgallery.com/about.php#.URHwifIYGTk About us] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160620001438/http://jehangirartgallery.com/about.php#.URHwifIYGTk |date=20 June 2016 }} Jehangir Art Gallery.</ref> the [[Cowasji Jehangir Hall]] and [[Sir Cowasjee Jehangir Institute of Psychiatry|Jehangir Institute of Psychiatry]] are named after him. The Readymoney Nursing Home (now [[Jehangir Hospital]]) in [[Pune]] was founded on property donated by Sir Cowasji and his wife Lady Hirabai. Originally named ''Readymoney Villa'', it was renamed in 1944 after their son [[Jehangir Cowasji Jehangir]], who died in an accident that year.{{citation needed|date=April 2018}}

==See also==
* [[Jehangir baronets]]

==References==
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*[http://theory.tifr.res.in/bombay/persons/cowasji-jehangir.html Sir Cowasji Jehangir] [[TIFR]]

== External links ==
* {{NPG name|name=Sir Cowasjee Jehangir, 2nd Baronet}}

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| title = [[Jehangir Baronets|Baronet]]<br />'''(of Bombay)'''
| years = 1934–1962
| before = [[Jehangir Cowasji Jehangir Readymoney]]
| after = [[Hirji Jehangir]]
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