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Appendices
1988 A.D.: Project of a medical relief scheme for the Oshwals living in up-country was planned and initiated by the Nakuru Oshwal community.
Shah Lalji Nangpar Academy:
1990 A.D.: Foundation stone laying ceremony of a primary school complex on April 1. A nursery school had been completed earlier.
1992 A.D.: Foundation stone laying ceremony of a swimming pool on April 27.
1993 A.D.: Foundation stone laying ceremony of the secondary school by Kanji Rupshi Shah on August 1.
1994 A.D.: Foundation stone laying ceremony of the auditorium by Lalji Meghji Bid on February 13.
1994 A.D.: Opening ceremony of the swimming pool, volleyball and tennis courts on October 16.
1996 A.D.: Opening ceremony of the Lalji Meghji Bid auditorium by Maniben Lalji Meghji Bid on August 14.
1997 A.D.: Opening ceremony of the secondary school by Kasturben Lalji Nangpar Shah.
Kisumu
1924 A.D.: The first Oshwal, Devchand Khimchand Kachra Gudhka of Navagam, arrived in Kisumu and started business in 1925. Others to follow were Fulchand Hansraj Dodhia (1926), Fulchand Keshavji and Raichand Virji Gudhka (1929).
1931 A.D.: Devchand Khimchand and Fulchand Keshavji formed Visa Oshwal Jain Mandal.