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Early Life of Madam Bhikaji Cama Madam Bhikaji Cama was born as Bhikai Sorab Patel on 24th September in the year 1861 in Bombay Presidency (now Mumbai) in a large, well-off Parsi family. Her parents, Sorabji Framji Patel and Jaijibai Sorabji Patel, were well known in the city, where her father Sorabji was a lawyer by training and a merchant by profession was an influential member of the Parsi community. Born 24 September 1861 Mumbai, India Died 13 August 1936 (aged 74) Mumbai, India Organisation India House, Paris Indian Society, Indian National Congress Movement Indian independence movement Exile of Bhikai Sorab Patel Madam Bhikaji Cama was in exile in Europe, during the First World War until 1935, when, gravely ill and paralysed by a stroke that she had suffered earlier that year, she petitioned the British government through Sir Cowasji Jehangir to be allowed to return home. Person...