Born in Bombay, multi-talented engineer and entrepreneur Eduljee Sorabjee settled in Los Angeles in 1885, becoming one of the city’s earliest naturalized Indian-American residents. Sorabjee amassed significant wealth through astute real estate investments in East Los Angeles and dedicated himself to communal welfare, famously organizing local aid campaigns following the devastating 1889 Johnstown flood. His life of altruism concluded with a final act of heroism in 1913, when he died from complications after jumping into a reservoir to save a drowning woman. Obituaries widely celebrated his legacy, honoring him as an “untiring and unselfish friend.”
