Ardaseer Cursetjee, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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engineer
Date of Birth: 06-Oct-1808
Place of Birth: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Date of Death: 16-Nov-1877
Profession: photographer, engineer
Zodiac Sign: Libra 
About Ardaseer Cursetjee
- Ardaseer Cursetjee Wadia FRS (6 October 1808 – 16 November 1877) born Parsi, an Indian shipbuilder and engineer belonging to the Wadia ship building family.He is noted for having been the first Indian to be elected a Fellow of the Royal Society.
- He is also recorded as having introduced several (at the time) novel technologies to the city of Bombay (now Mumbai), including gas lighting, the sewing machine, steam pump-driven irrigation and electro-plating.
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