Frank D'Souza
Frank D'Souza (born in
Early life
D'Souza was born in Karachi, British India (now Pakistan). He was educated at
In those days, The board controlling the railways was comprised the Chief Commissioner, a Financial Commissioner and three Members, one responsible for Way and Works, Projects and Stores one for General Administration and Staff and one for Traffic, Transportation & Commercial matters. All the Britishers on the Board were members of the
During or after WW1 (1910s to 1930s), the British Indian Railways had reduced the number of Europeans from Europe and instead replaced them with resident (domiciled) Europeans, who were sons of railroad men, and Eurasians or Anglo-Indians. As a member of the Railway Board, in the 1930s, Frank D'Souza was appointed to investigate minority representation in the railways. His findings were reported in a paper titled "Review of the Working of the Rules and Orders Relating to the Representation of Minority Communities in the Services of the State-managed Railways" that was published in 1940.[2] In this paper, he reported that most of the well-paid middle to senior level jobs in departments such as Traffic Department or Locomotive (Mechanical Engineering) Department were monopolized by resident Europeans and Eurasians.[3]
Pakistan Railways
At the time of Partition, Frank D'Souza opted for India and because of the
Upon completing his job in Pakistan, Frank returned to India and donated his house in Karachi to an order of nuns, the Sisters of Mercy, to be used as a home for the aged. Later, one of his sons, Reverend Father Ronald Alexander D'Souza, a Catholic priest who worked in Lahore, lived the last few years of his life at the home.[5]
See also
References
- ^ The Goans of Karachi, have a history of their own Archived 26 December 2017 at the Wayback Machine Goans of Pakistan. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
- ^ D'Souza, Frank (1940). Review of the Working of the Rules and Orders Relating to the Representation of Minority Communities in the Services of the State-managed Railways. Manager, Government of India Press.
- ISBN 9780195051162.
- ^ Milestones Goans of Pakistan Retrieved 1 October 2010.
- ^ "Genealogy: Frank D'Souza". geni_family_tree. Retrieved 26 December 2017.