Mumbai’s Bhatia community may have come to the city from Kutch but their roots can be traced to Multan. At our Online Talk #Multan2Mumbai, historian Mangala B Purandare takes us through the history of the community from their home in Multan to subsequent migrations to Jaisalmer, Kutch, Punjab, Sindh, and eventually to Mumbai, Africa and across the world. She covers community legends, divisions, personalities, economic activities, institutions, socio-religious practices, contributions to the city and more.

About the speaker

Mangala Purandare was the Head of the Department of History at Bhavan’s College from 1991 to 2013 and Vice Principal from 2003 to 2006. She was the first recipient of the MC Chagla Fellowship for Research from the Asiatic Society of Mumbai. She was a member of the Academic Council of the University of Mumbai from 2006 to 2011, representing the faculty of Arts in the council. She has presented research papers at the international level, and is the author of The History of the Bhatia Community – Volumes I & II and The Pushtimargiya Mandirs - Kala and Sanskruti.