Who was a member of the Wadia family of shipwrights and naval architects from Surat built the Bombay...........

Maharashtra Polity and Governance

Who was a member of the Wadia family of shipwrights and naval architects from Surat, built the Bombay Dock in 1750 was the first dry dock to be commissioned in Asia?

Lovji Nusserwanjee Wadia

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Explanation:

Lovji Nusserwanjee Wadia, a member of the Wadia family of shipwrights and naval architects from Surat, built the Bombay Dock in 1750, which was the first dry dock to be commissioned in Asia. By the middle of the eighteenth century, Bombay began to grow into a major trading town and soon Bhandaris from Chaul in Maharashtra, Vanjaris from the Western Ghat mountain ranges of Maharashtra, Africans from Madagascar, Bhatias from Rajasthan, Vaishya Vanis, Goud Saraswat Brahmins, Daivajnas from konkan, ironsmiths and weavers from Gujarat migrated to the islands.