Mancherjee Merwanjee Bhownagree, 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 22… (1911)
“ In 1837 he was promoted to the responsible and lucrative appointment of " guarantee broker " to two of the leading European firms of Bombay. In 1846 he was able to begin trading on his own account. He was made a J.P. for the town and island of Bombay, and a member of the board of conservancy; and in 1866 was appointed a commissioner of income tax, his tactful management being largely responsible for the fact this tax, then new to Bombay and unpopular, was levied with unexpected financial success. ”
