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'''Dosabhai Framji Karaka''' (1829 – 1902) was an Indian newspaper editor and official, known for his history of the [[Parsis]].<ref name="Dictionary of Indian Biography">{{cite book|title=Dictionary of Indian Biography|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y8AKI2nqPBQC&pg=PA229|accessdate=27 October 2012|publisher=Ardent Media|page=229|id=GGKEY:BDL52T227UN|year = 1971}}</ref><br />
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He was educated at the [[Elphinstone Institution]]. After editing a Gujarati paper, he became manager of the ''[[Bombay Times]]''. He spent 1858–9 in England, where he wrote ''The Parsis: their history, manners, customs, and religion''. Returning to India, he held a number of legal and official positions.<ref name="Dictionary of Indian Biography"/> He became chairman of the Bombay Municipal Corporation.<ref>{{cite book|author=John Hinnells|title=Parsis in India and the Diaspora|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BZZiHahw2r0C&pg=PA120|accessdate=27 October 2012|date=12 December 2007|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-0-415-44366-1|page=120}}</ref><br />
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He was selected [[Sheriff of Mumbai]] for 1872.<ref>{{cite book|title=Dictionary of Indian Biography|page=229}}</ref><br />
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His grandson, also known as Dosabhai Framji Karaka was also a journalist of much repute. Karaka became an active member of the Oxford Union, participating in debates. He would occupy a number of posts - Treasurer, Secretary and Librarian - before being elected the first President of South Asian origin of the Oxford Union. He succeeded [[Michael Foot]], who was a close friend of his. <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.open.ac.uk/researchprojects/makingbritain/content/dosabhai-framji-karaka}}</ref><br />
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