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"PADRI "
Born : 29th November, 1903 - Poona, India
Died : 13th March, 1982, India
Buried : Lower Meherabad, MS., India
Parents : (M) Nowraj Driver, (F) Freiny Sohrab Irani - they later seperated due to his drinking
Siblings : Rusi ( oldest ), Keki & Homi
Education : Poona Camp Government English School
INDIAN
Padri's mother was also known as - Freiny Masa - b. 1874
Freiny's sister - Daulat was Mehera's mother
Freiny's brother was Col. Merwan Irani
Freiny's other brother - Faredoon raised with his wife Dowla D. Irani, Jamshed S. Irani, Meher Baba's eldest brother.
Padris brother Rusi was an engineer, later he was committed to an asylum by Col.Irani.
![Painted by Charlie Mills,2002 "Padri" - Oil-14x11 -Courtesy of AMBT,Merherabad, India - http://www.millsstudio.com/](https://image.jimcdn.com/app/cms/image/transf/dimension=386x10000:format=jpg/path/se80bcf7e1bbfb507/image/ie1c487c226653445/version/1442566487/image.jpg)
Many thanks to Randy Wasserstrom for sharing the following 2 PDF's.
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![21st June, 1923 - Mt. Urak, Quetta ( then British W. India ) ; Padri wearing a hat, is standing centre-right behind Gumai in the dark sari, amoungst Baba's men mandali. Courtesy of Glow Int. magazine -Fall 2018, also, Lord Meher Vol.2 p.532.](https://image.jimcdn.com/app/cms/image/transf/dimension=710x10000:format=jpg/path/se80bcf7e1bbfb507/image/i4c7e76484ed7707f/version/1664166249/image.jpg)
![Baba is standing on the Samadhi-side of the Tin Cabin foundation observing the work with it appears to be Padri.](https://image.jimcdn.com/app/cms/image/transf/none/path/se80bcf7e1bbfb507/image/idb7b4616bbe9d6f1/version/1490335257/image.jpg)
![November 1955 at Meherabad. Seated- Aloba, Gustadji, Ramjoo, Pendu; standing-Bhau, Padri, Vishnu, Feram, Eruch, Bal Natu, Sidhu](https://image.jimcdn.com/app/cms/image/transf/dimension=710x10000:format=jpg/path/se80bcf7e1bbfb507/image/i536974fda55c2b51/version/1490334977/image.jpg)
Mandali Moments series: Filmed at Meherabad in January 1975 talking mostly to Australian pilgrims.
In 1974 and 1975 Steven Hein videotaped Meher Baba's mandali on a reel-to-reel videotape recorder. Kristine Wyld arranged for the tapes to be converted to professional quality analogue Betacam SP tapes. Mandali Hall, Meherazad, India - 1975.
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![Courtesy of LSLP ; Apr-June 1998](https://image.jimcdn.com/app/cms/image/transf/dimension=660x10000:format=jpg/path/se80bcf7e1bbfb507/image/if48be0975dce79a1/version/1317739891/image.jpg)
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