Curumsey Damjee

Rai Bahadur Curumsey Damjee (also spelled Karamsi or Kasamshi Damji) JP (1844–1918) was a noted businessman. Hailing from Waghura, a small village in remote Kutch he migrated to Bombay (now Mumbai) at a young age and became a very successful businessman, working with the Bombay Port Trust.

Work and award Damjee's company, Curumsey Damjee and Sons, was involved in work at Bombay Port. He was given the honorific title "Rao Bahadur" by the then British government in India for his good community work on 1 January 1899.

Religion and community The Curumsey Damjee Community Hall at the Dariya Sthan (Kutchi Lohana Mahajan) Masjid Bunder, Mumbai was named after him.

Charity and scholarship Damjee instituted three Public Charitable Trusts. First the R. B. Sheth Curumsey Damjee Arogya Bhuvan Trust that has a sanatorium in Matheran. Second, the R. B. Sheth Curumsey Damjee Mathura Waghora Dharamsala Trust that has a dharamsala in Waghora. Third, the R. B. Sheth Curumsey Damjee Swaminarayan Temple Charity Trust that funds various activities of the Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Mumbai.