Kavas Jamas Badshah
Kavas Jamas Badshah
Kavas Jamas Badshah, 1898, in official photograph of senior officers of the Post Office of India
Kavas Jamas Badshah (also Kavasji Jamasji Badshah) OBE, (1858 Mumbai – 1931) was a senior officer of the Indian Civil Service who retired to Ipswich, Suffolk where he contributed to civil life and served as Mayor of Ipswich.[1]
Ipswich is in the process of placing a Blue Plaque in Ipswich to commemorate his services to the Town.
Education
Badshah was educated at the Elphinstone High School, Mumbai followed by Bombay University. He then completed his education at University College London. He passed the exam for the Indian Civil Service in 1877 and took up appointment on 12 November 1879.[2]
Career in Indian Civil Service
- 1879: Commissioner of Excise and Salt, Bengal[2] (Indian Salt Service)
- 1887: Post-Master of North Western Provinces and Oudh[2]
- 1896: Deputy Director-General of the Post Office[2]
- 1897: Comptroller of the Post Office[2]
- 1902: Post Master General, Bengal[2]
Family life
Badshah married Emma Collington Pierson in 1885.[1] Their son, Cecil Pierson Badshah was born in 1886[3] followed by Lilian Mary Collington Badshah on 14 Sep 1890 in Allahabad.[4] His family settled in Ipswich in 1892, with Badshah joining them when he retired in 1904.[1]
His son Cecil qualified as a solicitor and changed his name to Cecil Pierson Bradshaw in 1915.[5] He died on 29 September 1919 in Ipswich, survived by his wife and daughter.[3]
Civic career in Ipswich
In 1913 he was elected for Middle Ward, Ipswich, becoming mayor for the period 1925-6.[1] In 1918 he was awarded the Order of the British Empire for war services.[1]
Mayor 1925-26
References
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- ^ Jump up to:a b c d e Field, Rachel (2014). The Ipswich Book of Days. Stroud: The History Press. ISBN 9780750957786.
- ^ Jump up to:a b c d e f The India list and India Office list. London: Harrison. 1905.
- ^ Jump up to:a b “Cecil Pierson Badshah 1886-1919”. www.ancestry.co.uk. Ancestry. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
- ^ “Lilian Mary Collington Badshah 1890-1951”. www.ancestry.co.uk. Ancestry. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
- ^ “I, Cecil Pierson Bradshaw” (PDF). The London Gazette (4 june 1915): 5444. 1915.
| Senior officers of the Indian Post:Charles Stewart-Wilson, G. S. Curtis, William Maxwell, Kavas Jamas Badshah, J. Cornwall, H. M. Kisch, Sir Arthur Fanshawe, A. T. Forbes |  |
| Date | 1921 |
| Source | The Post office of India and its story |
| Author | Geoffrey Clarke |
Badshah Avenue in Ipswich
This commemorates Kavas Jamas Badshah.
He retired from the Indian civil service in 1904 and came to live in Ipswich where his family has been since 1892.
He then became town councillor in 1913 and was awarded the OBE in 1918 in recognition of his war work in Ipswich he then became mayor in 1925.
Monica Sheila Pierson Bradshaw (grand-daughter of Kawas)
Birth
24 Nov 1910
Fulham, London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, Greater London, England
Death
30 Oct 2010 (aged 99)
Norfolk, England
Burial
Wickmere, North Norfolk District, Norfolk,
Born Monica Sheila Pierson Badshah. Her father legally changed his name to Bradshaw on 4 Jun 1915.
Her Parents:
Cecil Pierson (Badshah) Bradshaw b 1887 India died 29 Sep 1919 Ipswich
Marjory Beaven 22 Jun 1888 Redhill died 14 May 1989 Norfolk under name Miller.
Inscription
In loving memory of MONICA BRADSHAW 24-11-1910 – 30-10-2010. Our very dear friend