The war column in Khareghat Colony, created “in pious memory of the Zoroastrians, who died doing their duty during the Great War”, was unveiled in 1926 by Sir Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy. “In his speech, he dwelt upon the havoc and distress wrought by the Great War,“ says a Times of India report on the inauguration. “He concluded by hoping that the memorial would teach future generations to stand by their rulers and be patriotic.“
The inscription on the cenotaph is in English, Gujarati and the ancient Avestan language. “We are perhaps the only civil organization in India, which over the years has been paying homage to these soldiers on our community’s day of the dead,“ says Vispi Dastur, president of the Bombay Parsee Association which organises an annual function
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