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'''Hirji Vacha Modi''' known by many orthographic variations including ''Mody Hirjee Wacha'' was a wealthy [[Parsi people|Parsi]] businessman who was responsible for constructing the first Parsi [[Tower of Silence]] in [[Mumbai]] in 1672. He also built the first fire temple in Mumbai in the Modikhana area of [[Fort (Mumbai precinct)|Fort]] in 1671.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Commissariat|first=Mānekshāh Sorābshāh|title=A History of Gujarat: The Maratha period, 1758 A.D. to 1818 A.D|date=1980|publisher=Longmans, Green & Company, Limited|language=en}}</ref> This was later destroyed in the great fire of 1803.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Kamerkar|first=Mani|title=Soonu Dhunjisha: From the Iranian Plateau to the Shores of Gujarat|date=2002|publisher=Allied Publishers|isbn=978-81-7764-301-5|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Palsetia|first=Jesse S.|title=The Parsis of India: Preservation of Identity in Bombay City|date=2001-01-01|publisher=BRILL|isbn=978-90-04-12114-0|language=en}}</ref><br />
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He was also a founder of the [[Bombay Parsi Punchayet]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=White|first=David L.|title=Competition and collaboration: Parsi merchants and the English East India Company in 18th century India|date=1995|publisher=Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers|language=en}}</ref><br />
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