Sheth Curumsey Damjee

Sheth Curumsey Damjee was a rich businessman based in Bombay (Now Mumbai), India in the late 19th and early 20th century. He used to do work related to the Bombay Port Trust (Now MbPT). He used to supply labor to the Bombay port (Before the labor board was set up) and performed other activities related to the port through his company Curumsey Damjee and Sons.

He was given the title of honour "Rao Bahadur" by the then British government in India for his contributions to the community. Also, a scholarship was instituted at the University of Mumbai after him. He was a very active member of the Swaminarayan Sampraday, be it in Mumbai, Gadhada, Kutch, Ahmedabad or Vadtal. It was with help from his major donation that the Swaminarayan Temple, Trijo Bhoiwado in Bhuleshwar area, Mumbai was made. He funded the building of a ghat (series of steps leading down to a body of water) on the banks of the River Ghela at Gadhada. The Curumsey Damjee Community Hall at the Dariya Sthan (Kutchi Lohana Mahajan) Masjid Bunder, Mumbai was named after him. He also instituted three Public Charitable Trust's the R. B. Sheth Curumsey Damjee Arogya Bhuvan Trust, the R. B. Sheth Curumsey Damjee Mathura Waghora Dharamsala Trust which has a Dharamsala in Waghora (his ancestral village in remote Kutch), and the R. B. Sheth Curumsey Damjee Swaminarayan Temple Charity Trust that funds various activities of the Swaminarayan Temple, Mumbai.