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'''Lovji Nusserwanjee Wadia''' (1702–1774) was a [[Parsi people|Parsi]] from [[Surat]] province of [[Gujarat]] in [[India]] and was a member of the [[Wadia|Wadia family]] of [[shipwright]]s and naval architects, who founded [[Wadia Group]] in 1736.<ref>{{cite book<br />
| title = The tribes and castes of Bombay, Volume 3<br />
| author = Reginald Edward Enthoven<br />
| year = 1990<br />
| isbn = 978-81-206-0630-2<br />
| publisher = Asian Educational Services<br />
}}</ref><ref>{{cite book<br />
| title = Parsis, ancient and modern and their religion<br />
| author = Faredun Kavasji Dadachanji<br />
| year = 1986<br />
}}</ref><br />
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Lovji Wadia secured contracts with the [[British East India Company]] to build ships and docks in Bombay in 1736.<ref>{{cite book<br />
| title = Bollywood: a history<br />
| author = Mihir Bose<br />
| year = 2006<br />
| publisher = Tempus<br />
| isbn = 978-0-7524-2835-2<br />
}}</ref> This, and subsequent efforts, would result in Bombay becoming one of the most strategically important ports for the British in [[Asia]].<br />
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The [[Mumbai|Bombay]] dry-dock, the first dry-dock in Asia, was built by Lovji and his brother Sorabji in 1750. <br />
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Lovji is considered the founder of the shipping and shipbuilder industry in Bombay. To this day, Surat remains the largest break-up beaching port (where ships are stripped and disassembled) in the world. <br />
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Lovji had two sons, Maneckji and Bomanji.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.zoroastrian.org.uk/vohuman/Article/The%20Wadias%20of%20India.htm|title = The Wadias of India: Then and Now|date = |accessdate = 19 Dec 2014|website = |publisher = Zoroastrian Educational Institute|last = |first = }}</ref><br />
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The first [[Agiary|Atash Adaran]] in India was established in Siganpur, near Surat, by Lovji Wadia, around 1760.<br />
His descendants are the Wadia family of [[Neville Wadia]], [[Nusli Wadia]], [[Ness Wadia]] and [[Jehangir Wadia]]. His great grandsons [[JBH Wadia]] and [[Homi Wadia]] founded Wadia Movietone in 1933, which had its studios at Lovji Castle (Lovejee Castle) in [[Chembur]], Mumbai. The company even had its logo as a ship, honouring their family legacy.<ref name="toi">{{cite web | title = Surat's Wadias created Fearless Nadia | url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/Surats-Wadias-created-Fearless-Nadia/articleshow/6668162.cms?referral=PM# |date=2 October 2010| accessdate = 2014-09-18 | newspaper = The Times of India }}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20081021142252/http://www.vohuman.org/Article/The%20Wadias%20of%20India.htm The Wadias]<br />
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