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'''Sir Dhanjishah Bomanjee Cooper''' (1878 – 29 July 1947)<ref name=BC>{{cite news |title=Sir Dhanjishah B. Cooper Passes |url=https://archive.org/details/dli.granth.11576/mode/2up |newspaper=[[The Bombay Chronicle]] |date=30 July 1947 |pages=1 |access-date=17 May 2021}}</ref> was an [[India]]n [[Parsi]]<ref>{{Cite news |author=Nauzer Bharucha |title='Parsis are not interested in politics anymore' |newspaper=[[The Times of India]] |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/parsis-are-not-interested-in-politics-anymore/articleshow/44237625.cms |date=4 October 2014 |access-date=17 May 2021}}</ref> politician and the first [[Chief Minister of Maharashtra|Prime Minister]] of [[Bombay Presidency]].<ref name=BR>{{cite book |author= |title=Bombay 1937-1938: A Review of the Administration of the Bombay Presidency |url=https://archive.org/details/dli.granth.34595/page/160/mode/2up |pages=160–161 |location=[[Mumbai]] |publisher=Government Central Press, Bombay |page= |date=1939 |isbn=}}</ref> Cooper was made a [[Knight Bachelor]] in the [[1937 New Year Honours]].<ref>United Kingdom and British Empire: {{London Gazette |issue=34365 |supp=y |pages=689 |date= 29 January 1937}}</ref>

==Career==
Cooper rose to prominence as a [[Satara (city)|Satara]] municipality member, and became its president in 1923.<ref name=BC /> Later he served on the Satara District Local Board, as its vice president (1922–25) and president (1929-32). Additionally, he chaired the Satara District School Board between 1925 and 1928.<ref name=BC />

Cooper had served as a member of the [[Governor of Bombay|Governor's]] [[Diarchy in Bombay Presidency|Executive Council]] from 1933 to 1937.<ref>{{cite book|last=Srinivasan|first=Ramona|title=The Concept of Dyarchy|year=1992|publisher=NIB Publishers|page=86|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CvaNAAAAMAAJ}}</ref> In [[1937 Bombay Presidency elections]], he was elected to the [[Bombay Legislative Assembly|Assembly]] from [[Satara (city)|Satara]] North constituency. The [[Indian National Congress]] had secured the highest number of seats in the Assembly, but refused to form government. [[Michael Knatchbull, 5th Baron Brabourne|The Lord Brabourne]] invited Cooper to form a government.<ref>{{cite news |title=The Bombay Ministers |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19370329&printsec=frontpage&hl=en |access-date=17 May 2021 |newspaper=[[The Indian Express]] |date=31 March 1937}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=New Ministries for Other Provinces |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19370329&printsec=frontpage&hl=en |access-date=17 May 2021 |newspaper=[[The Indian Express]] |date=2 April 1937}}</ref> The [[Cooper ministry]] was short lived,<ref name=BR /> and was soon replaced by [[B. G. Kher]]'s [[First Kher ministry (Bombay Presidency)|first government]].

At the age of 69, Cooper passed away due to a [[heart attack]] on 29 July 1947, at the [[Taj Mahal Palace Hotel|Taj Mahal Hotel]], [[Mumbai]].<ref name=BC />

==References==
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[[Category:Chief Ministers of Maharashtra]]
[[Category:Marathi politicians]]
[[Category:People from Satara (city)]]
[[Category:Bombay State politicians]]
[[Category:Chief ministers from Indian National Congress]]
[[Category:1878 births]]
[[Category:1947 deaths]]

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