10 Facts About Fazal Rahimtoola

Fazal Rahimtoola served as Sheriff of Bombay and was a member of Bombay Legislative Council and Central Legislative Assembly during the British Raj.

Fazal Rahimtoola was educated first at St Xavier's School, and later gained his Bachelor of Arts from the St Xavier's College.

Fazal Rahimtoola became member of the Bombay Legislative Council by the 1920s followed by the Bombay Legislative Assembly with which he was closely attached till after independence.

Fazal Rahimtoola was member of the Central Legislative Assembly from 1925 till the early 1930s.

In December 1928, Fazal Rahimtoola became Secretary of the All-India Muslim League Conference held in Delhi under the Presidentship of Sir Aga Khan III.

Fazal Rahimtoola remained Sheriff of Bombay during the same period.

Fazal Rahimtoola remained President of the Indian tariff Board in 1935.

Fazal Rahimtoola was a permanent Director of Tata Iron and Steel and Tata power.

Fazal Rahimtoola was married to Zainab Fazalbhoy and had three sons and five daughters from marriage.

Fazal Rahimtoola was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire in the 1939 New Year Honours list, and was knighted in the 1946 Birthday Honours, thus becoming Sir Fazal Ibrahim Rahimtoola.