Chagla Vali Muhammad

Wazir Chagla Vali Muhammad

Town of birth

• Karachi

Country of birth

• Pakistan

Date of Birth

• 1885

Date of Death

• 1966/02/16

Profession or occupation carriedout for the longest period in life

• Business

Family tree

Parents

Vali Muhammad

Siblings

Jaffer Vali Muhammad

Kassim Vali Muhammad

Partners

Fatma Chagla

Born in 1885 Karachi

Vali Muhammad(Born in Lasbella).

Chagla Vali Muhammad's forefathers were originally from Mulla Katiar, Sind. They migrated to Lasbela and finally settled in Karachi. Amongst them, Vali Muhammad, known as Vali Bhagat came to live in Kharadhar, Karachi. He was a religious teacher, and a ginans reciter in Jamatkhana. He had three sons, Chagla, Jaffer and Kassim.

Chagla Vali Muhammad was born in Karachi in 1885. Nothing is known of his early education, except that he got little formal education and started to work in a Hindu's leather shop, and then in his prime age, he ventured into the small business of hard thread for boats.

He had been also in Burma and Sri Lanka, dealing the business of rubber and pearls with the partnership of Alijah Shahban Moim. He lived almost ten years in Rangoon. He then worked in a Karachi fish harbor, exporting fish in Colombo, also earning commission on the fish auctions.

Fondly known as 'Mukhi Chagla', he was dearly loved by young and old alike. He possessed a great gift of oratory and high sense of humor.