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| birth_place = [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]], India
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| occupation = Philanthropist, social worker, writer
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| known_for = Social service
| awards = 1972 [[Padma Bhushan]]
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'''Gulestan Rustom Billimoria''' was an Indian philanthropist, social worker, writer and painter, best known for her services for the [[special needs]] children of Mumbai.<ref name="Roberts1939">{{cite book|author=C. Roberts|title=What India Thinks: Being a Symposium of Thought Contributed by 50 Eminent Men and Women Having India's Interest at Heart|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mLct2qLz-_cC&pg=PA183|year=1939|publisher=Asian Educational Services|isbn=978-81-206-1880-0|pages=183–}}</ref> She served as the [[Sheriff of Mumbai]] in 1957<ref name="Raj Bhavan Archives (A Class Files - Permanent Record)">{{Cite web |url=http://rajbhavan-maharashtra.gov.in/rajbhavan/pdf/rajbhavan_catelog.pdf |title=Raj Bhavan Archives (A Class Files - Permanent Record) |date=2018-05-29 |website=Rajbhavan Maharashtra |access-date=12 August 2017}}</ref> and was the lady superintendent of The Alexandra Girls’ English Institution, Mumbai from 1922 to 1937.<ref name="History">{{Cite web |url=http://www.alexandragei.com/?page_id=91 |title=History |date=2018-05-29 |website=www.alexandragei.com |language=en-US |access-date=2018-05-29}}</ref>

Born Gulestan J. Bhadurjee, Billimoria did her schooling at [[Girton High School]] and college studies at [[St. Xavier's College, Mumbai]] during which period she was a fellow of the [[University of Mumbai]] for two terms and a member of the university senate.<ref name="Roberts1939" /> After her marriage to [[Rustomji Bomanji Billimoria]], the founder of Bel-Air Hospital of [[Indian Red Cross Society]] and a [[Padma Bhushan]] recipient, she took over the management of the functions of the hospital.<ref name="Bel-Air Hospital of Indian Red Cross Society">{{Cite web |url=http://www.belairpanchgani.org/about_us.htm |title=Bel-Air Hospital of Indian Red Cross Society |date=2018-05-29 |website=www.belairpanchgani.org |access-date=2018-05-29}}</ref> Later, she helped found the Savera Special School Gulestan And Billimoria School, Mumbai of the Maharashtra State Women's Council, an institution for the mentally and physically handicapped children.<ref name="Maharashtra State Women's Council ">{{Cite web |url=http://www.karmayog.com/karmayog_old/ngos/mswc.htm |title=Maharashtra State Women's Council |date=2018-05-29 |website=Karmayog |access-date=2018-05-29}}</ref><ref name="The Hindu Business Line : None wants to insure them!">{{Cite web |url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2003/01/30/stories/2003013001671000.htm |title=The Hindu Business Line : None wants to insure them! |date=January 30, 2003 |website=www.thehindubusinessline.com |access-date=2018-05-29}}</ref>

Billimoria was a known painter and one of her paintings has been exhibited at the Prince of Wales Museum, Mumbai (present-day [[Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya]].<ref name="Roberts1939" /> She also wrote a number of articles on special needs children.<ref name="What India Thinks: Being a Symposium of Thought Contributed by 50 Eminent Men and Women Having India's Interests at Heart ">{{Cite web |url=https://www.abebooks.com/9788120618800/What-India-Thinks-Being-Symposium-8120618807/plp |title=What India Thinks: Being a Symposium of Thought Contributed by 50 Eminent Men and Women Having India's Interests at Heart |date=2018-05-29 |website=www.abebooks.com |language=en |access-date=2018-05-29}}</ref> The [[Government of India]] awarded her the [[Padma Bhushan]], the third highest civilian award, in 1972.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{Cite web |url=http://www.dashboard-padmaawards.gov.in/ |title=Padma Awards |date=2018-05-17 |website=Padma Awards |publisher=Government of India |access-date=2018-05-17}}</ref> ''Gulestan and Rustom Billimoria Endowment Lecture'' is an annual event organized in her honor.<ref name="Playwright Ramu Ramanathan To Speak At The 20th Gulestan And Rustom Billimoria Endowment Lecture: 'Four Plays And The City'">{{Cite news |url=http://www.mumbaitheatreguide.com/dramas/Articles/17/dec/gulestan-and-rustom-billimoria-endowment-lecture-ramu-rangnathan-news.asp# |title=Playwright Ramu Ramanathan To Speak At The 20th Gulestan And Rustom Billimoria Endowment Lecture: 'Four Plays And The City' |date=December 21, 2017 |work=Mumbai Theatre Guide |access-date=2018-05-29 |language=en}}</ref>

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==References==
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== Further reading ==
* {{Cite book |title=What India thinks : being a symposium of thought contributed by 50 eminent men and women having India's interest at heart |date=2004 |publisher=Asian Educational Services |isbn=8120618807 |location=New Delhi |oclc=56367767}}

==External links==
* {{Cite web |url=http://www.nonprofitorganizations.in/savera-special-school-gulestan-and-billimoria-school-fort-mumbai_contact-number-address |title=Savera Special School Gulestan And Billimoria School in Fort,Mumbai |date=2018-05-29 |website=www.nonprofitorganizations.in |access-date=2018-05-29}}
* {{Cite web |url=https://www.topranker4u.com/top-schools-physically-challenged-mumbai/ |title=Top Schools For Physically Challenged In Mumbai - Top Ranker 4 U In 2018 |date=2017-07-09 |website=Top Ranker 4 U In 2018 |language=en-US |access-date=2018-05-29}}

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