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Appendix 2. History of Halari Visa Oshwals in World
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1961 A.D.: Nairobi Oshwal Girls' Secondary School: A parcel of land of two acres was purchased on Wambugu Road at the cost of 150000 shillings for the purpose of building a girls' secondary school. Keshavlal Fulchand, a dedicated community leader who had worked very hard for the community for the last four decades, laid the foundation stone for the building on November 5.
1961 A.D.: Nairobi Sports Pavilion: A decision was made to build a modern sport complex on the land on Thika Road given to the community by the government. Karamshi Panachand then President of the Nairobi Community laid the foundation stone for the pavilion.
1961 A.D.: Nairobi Girls' Hostel: Meghji Pethraj Shah, East Africa's entrepreneur (Shah Sodagar) and the philanthropist performed the opening ceremony of the hostel on January 15. By his entrepreneurship and success in East Africa as well in India he had gained worldwide fame, a proud son of the Halari Oshwal community.
1961 A.D.: Nairobi Boys' Boarding House: There was a need for a more space as more students from upcountry were coming to Nairobi for secondary school education. The Board decided to build a new boarding house. Kanji Nathoo Gudhka, the past president of the Board laid the foundation stone of the new building on November 26.
1961 A.D.: Nairobi Boys' Secondary School: Many students who failed in the Kenya Preliminary examination were expelled from the school. To provide an opportunity for uninterrupted education to these Oshwal students, the Board decided to build a boys secondary school in the First Parkland area. Kanji Meghji Malde, the founder member, past president and a trustee of the Board, laid the foundation stone. Words cannot describe what Kanjibhai had done for the community in India and East Africa.
