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Sir Hormusjee Naorojee Mody
麼地
Sir Hormusjee Naorojee Mody; 麼地
Born	12 October 1838; Bombay, British Raj
Died	16 June 1911 (aged 72); Hong Kong
Occupation	Businessman
Known for	Contribution towards the founding of the University of Hong Kong & Kowloon Cricket Club
Spouse	Maneckbai Mody

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Sir Hormusjee Naorojee Mody (12 October 1838 – 16 June 1911) was an Indian Parsi businessman in Hong Kong. He lived in Hong Kong for 50 years, during which he worked for the colony and founded the University of Hong Kong.

Biography

He was born in Bombay and moved to Hong Kong around 1860. At the time there was a large community of Parsi merchants based in Hong Kong, including Dorabjee Naorojee Mithaiwala, who founded the Star Ferry and Jehangir Hormujee Ruttonjee who helped establish the Hong Kong Ruttonjee Sanatorium.

Mody arrived in Hong Kong in 1858 with help from his uncle Jehangirjee Buxey.^[1] He spent his early days in the colony as an auctioneer of opium, then a legally respectable activity.^[2]

After working at Bank of Hindustan, China and Japan and later Buxey and Company, Mody partnered with another Indian immigrant, Sir Catchick Paul Chater,^[3] to form the brokerage company Chater and Mody which enjoyed great success in the real estate/land business. Mody saw the potential of buying and developing land in Kowloon after it was ceded to the British in 1860. Both partners also participated in the great Praya Reclamation Scheme of 1887.^[2]

Mody contributed towards the founding of University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Jockey Club^[4] and Kowloon Cricket Club.^[5]

Family

Sir Hormusjee Mody and his wife Maneckbai had five children, four sons and a daughter.^[6]

Sirinbai Mody married Nusseranji Dady, and they had a son Hormusjee.
Merwanjee Mody 1858–1910
Naoroz Hormusjee Naoroji Mody 1875–1944
Jehangirjee Hormusjee Mody 1876–1949
Dinshawjee Hormusjee Mody 1882–1920

Contribution towards the founding of the University of Hong Kong

Mody was a friend of the Hong Kong Governor, Sir Frederick Lugard and his wife Flora Shaw, who wished to found a university in Hong Kong. Mody offered to contribute a great sum of money, $150,000, to help establish the University of Hong Kong, provided it was matched with donations from other sources. Eventually, his donation almost doubled to $285,000, which was a very significant component of the total endowment from the inception of this institution.^[7]

At the foundation ceremony on 16 March 1910, Mody summed up his reasons for contributing towards HKU:

As a young man, the advantages of education were unfortunately not within my reach, and I have today at my advanced age to confess myself 'no scholar'. Throughout my long life, I have daily realised all I have missed for want of a sound education, and it was with the idea of in some measure providing for others what I was myself denied that I determined to offer to erect at my own cost a building which should bring within their reach those educational advantages which I have myself so greatly missed.^[6]^[8]

Hong Kong Telegraph 17 March 1910 rightly summed up this event taking a queue from the speech of Viceroy of Canton during the ceremony: "They Built Better Than They Knew".^[6]

Sadly, Sir H.N. Mody did not survive long enough to see the opening of the university. The University was officially opened on 11 March 1912. Sir Hormusjee Mody’s son Naoroz Hormusjee Naoroji Mody attended the opening ceremony and said:

Your Excellency [Lord Lugard], it is with feelings of the utmost pleasure and pride that I proceed to perform the duty which devolves upon me of formally in the name of my late father, presenting this University building, to the community, and requesting that you, Sir, may be pleased to declare the same open, and, on behalf of my mother, I also desire to express her regret that, through ill health, she is unable to be present this day... I desire to express to your Excellency the satisfaction which my mother and family feel on this auspicious occasion when the work so nobly undertaken by your Excellency and my father, is about to be brought to so successful and fitting a conclusion... I would add that had my father been spared to see this day his heart would have rejoiced at this realisation of his hopes. I may further state that I have given instructions for the making of a silver model of the Main Building of the University which, when complete, I would ask your Excellency to accept as a souvenir of this opening ceremony, which is, I think a memorable one in the annals of the Colony.^[6]

Awards and titles

Knighted on 16 March 1910 post his speech during the foundation ceremony of HKU. It was announced by Sir Frederick Lugard. “His Majesty has been pleased to approve that Mr. Mody be appointed Knight Bachelor. Letters Patent will be issued in due course. I concur with your proposal to announce the honour at the laying of the foundation stone of the University. A simultaneous announcement will be made in the United Kingdom.”^[6]
Legion of Honour bestowed by the French government.^[9]
Nicknamed 'the Napoleon of the Rialto' for becoming the director of many companies.^[9]
Winner of 11 Hong Kong Derby's and 1 Shanghai Derby. He raced under the name of "Mr Buxey" and his colours were "Blue and white stripes".^[4]^[10]

Commemoration

Several places in Hong Kong are named after him: Mody Road and Mody Square in Tsim Sha Tsui.

Mody died at his residence, Buxey Lodge, Conduit Road, Hong Kong in 1911 and is buried in the Hong Kong Parsee Cemetery in Happy Valley.^[1]

A bronze bust of Sir Hormusjee N. Mody was presented by the Incorporated Trustees of the Zoroastrian Charity Funds of Hong Kong, Canton and Macao to commemorate the 90th Anniversary of the University.^[8] It resides on the main staircase of the main building.^[11]

Every year on Founder's Day, the Parsi community of Hong Kong visits Hong Kong University along with university students and officials to remember him. A small prayer is said by a Parsi Zoroastrian priest in front of a bust of Sir Hormusjee N. Mody.^[12]

Every year, the Mody Handicap race is run in his honour by the Hong Kong Jockey Club.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b The Life & Times of Sir Hormusjee Naorojee Mody. Zoroastrian.org.uk. Retrieved 28 August 2011.
^ ^a ^b Mellor, Bernard (1980). The University of Hong Kong [electronic Resource]: An Informal History. Hong Kong: Hong Kong UP.
^ "Armenians in India - Behind the Scenes Forgotten History: Sir Hormusjee Mody: His Family and Their Legacies". 9 October 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Racing Memories - Hormusjee Mody". racingmemories.hk. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
^ "History of Kowloon Cricket Club". Kowloon Cricket Club. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Sir Hormusjee Mody, His Life and Family". freepages.rootsweb.com. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
^ "Unveiling Ceremony of the Sir Hormusjee N Mody Bust in HKU". hku.hk. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
^ ^a ^b "In memory of Sir H N Mody (2018) | Albums | HKU - Photo Gallery & Library". www4.hku.hk. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
^ ^a ^b "The Life & Times of Sir Hormusjee Naorojee Mody". zoroastrian.org.uk. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
^ "Mody Handicap Race Results 2018". racing.hkjc.com. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
^ "Bust of Sir H N Mody". hku.hk. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
^ The Story of Sir H N Mody and HKU, retrieved 2 June 2019

External links

[zoroastrian1-1] The Life & Times of Sir Hormusjee Naorojee Mody. Zoroastrian.org.uk. Retrieved 28 August 2011.

[Mellor-2] Mellor, Bernard (1980). The University of Hong Kong [electronic Resource]: An Informal History. Hong Kong: Hong Kong UP.

[3] "Armenians in India - Behind the Scenes Forgotten History: Sir Hormusjee Mody: His Family and Their Legacies". 9 October 2016.

[:3-4] "Racing Memories - Hormusjee Mody". racingmemories.hk. Retrieved 2 June 2019.

[5] "History of Kowloon Cricket Club". Kowloon Cricket Club. Retrieved 3 June 2019.

[:2-6] "Sir Hormusjee Mody, His Life and Family". freepages.rootsweb.com. Retrieved 2 June 2019.

[7] "Unveiling Ceremony of the Sir Hormusjee N Mody Bust in HKU". hku.hk. Retrieved 3 June 2019.

[:0-8] "In memory of Sir H N Mody (2018) | Albums | HKU - Photo Gallery & Library". www4.hku.hk. Retrieved 2 June 2019.

[:1-9] "The Life & Times of Sir Hormusjee Naorojee Mody". zoroastrian.org.uk. Retrieved 2 June 2019.

[10] "Mody Handicap Race Results 2018". racing.hkjc.com. Retrieved 3 June 2019.

[11] "Bust of Sir H N Mody". hku.hk. Retrieved 2 June 2019.

[12] The Story of Sir H N Mody and HKU, retrieved 2 June 2019

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-Sir '''Hormusjee Naorojee Mody''' (12 October 1838 – 16 June 1911) was a successful [[Parsi people|Parsi]] businessman in [[Hong Kong]].
+Sir '''Hormusjee Naorojee Mody''' (12 October 1838 – 16 June 1911) was an [[Parsis|Indian Parsi]] businessman in [[Hong Kong]]. He lived in Hong Kong for 50 years, during which he worked for the colony and founded the [[University of Hong Kong]].
 ==Biography==
-He was born in [[Bombay]] and moved to Hong Kong around 1860. At the time there was a large community of [[Parsi]] [[merchant]]s based in Hong Kong, including [[Dorabjee Naorojee Mithaiwala]], who founded the [[Star Ferry]] and [[Jehangir Hormujee Ruttonjee]] who helped establish the Hong Kong Ruttonjee Sanatorium.
+He was born in [[Mumbai|Bombay]] and moved to Hong Kong around 1860. At the time there was a large community of [[Parsis|Parsi]] [[merchant]]s based in Hong Kong, including [[Dorabjee Naorojee Mithaiwala]], who founded the [[Star Ferry]] and [[Jehangir Hormusjee Ruttonjee|Jehangir Hormujee Ruttonjee]] who helped establish the Hong Kong Ruttonjee Sanatorium.
-Mody arrived in Hong Kong in 1858 with help from his uncle Jehangirjee Buxey<ref name="zoroastrian1">[http://www.zoroastrian.org.uk/vohuman/Article/Hormusjee%20Naorojee%20Mody.htm The Life & Times of Sir Hormusjee Naorojee Mody]. Zoroastrian.org.uk. Retrieved on 28 August 2011.</ref>
+Mody arrived in Hong Kong in 1858 with help from his uncle Jehangirjee Buxey.<ref name="zoroastrian1">[http://www.zoroastrian.org.uk/vohuman/Article/Hormusjee%20Naorojee%20Mody.htm The Life & Times of Sir Hormusjee Naorojee Mody]. Zoroastrian.org.uk. Retrieved 28 August 2011.</ref> He spent his early days in the colony as an auctioneer of [[opium]], then a legally respectable activity.<ref name="Mellor">{{cite book|last=Mellor|first=Bernard|title=The University of Hong Kong [electronic Resource]: An Informal History|location=Hong Kong|publisher= Hong Kong UP|year=1980}}</ref>
-After working at [[Bank of Hindustan, China and Japan]] and later Buxey and Company, Mody partnered with another Indian immigrant, Sir [[Catchick Paul Chater]],<ref>http://chater-genealogy.blogspot.ca/2016/10/sir-hormusjee-mody-his-family-and-their.html</ref> to form the brokerage company Chater and Mody which enjoyed great success in the real estate/land business.<ref>[http://www.vohuman.org/Article/Hormusjee%20Naorojee%20Mody.htm de beste bron van informatie over vohuman. Deze website is te koop!]. vohuman.org. Retrieved on 28 August 2011.</ref> Mody saw the potential of buying and developing land in [[Kowloon]] after it was [[Convention of Peking|ceded to the British]] in 1860. He contributed towards founding of [[University of Hong Kong]], [[Hong Kong Jockey Club]]<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|url=http://racingmemories.hk/hottopics/mody/|title=MODY|website=racingmemories.hk|access-date=2019-06-02}}</ref> and [[Kowloon Cricket Club]]
+After working at [[Banknotes of the Hong Kong dollar|Bank of Hindustan, China and Japan]] and later Buxey and Company, Mody partnered with another Indian immigrant, Sir [[Catchick Paul Chater]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://chater-genealogy.blogspot.ca/2016/10/sir-hormusjee-mody-his-family-and-their.html|title = Armenians in India - Behind the Scenes Forgotten History: Sir Hormusjee Mody: His Family and Their Legacies|date = 9 October 2016}}</ref> to form the brokerage company Chater and Mody which enjoyed great success in the real estate/land business. Mody saw the potential of buying and developing land in [[Kowloon]] after it was [[Convention of Peking|ceded to the British]] in 1860. Both partners also participated in the great [[Praya Reclamation Scheme]] of 1887.<ref name="Mellor"/>
+Mody contributed towards the founding of [[University of Hong Kong]], [[Hong Kong Jockey Club]]<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|url=http://racingmemories.hk/hottopics/mody/|title=Racing Memories - Hormusjee Mody|website=racingmemories.hk|access-date=2019-06-02}}</ref> and [[Kowloon Cricket Club]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.kcc.org.hk/history/|title=History of Kowloon Cricket Club|website=Kowloon Cricket Club|language=en-US|access-date=2019-06-03}}</ref>
-== Family ==
-Sir Hormusjee Mody and his wife Maneckbai had five children, 4 boys and a girl.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~sirpaulchater/genealogy/biography_Hormusjee_Mody.html|title=Sir Hormusjee Mody, His Life and Family|website=freepages.rootsweb.com|access-date=2019-06-02}}</ref>
+==Family==
-* Sirinbai Mody married to Nusseranji Dady, they had a son Hormusjee.
+Sir Hormusjee Mody and his wife Maneckbai had five children, four sons and a daughter.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~sirpaulchater/genealogy/biography_Hormusjee_Mody.html|title=Sir Hormusjee Mody, His Life and Family|website=freepages.rootsweb.com|access-date=2019-06-02}}</ref>
-* Merwanjee Mody 1858-1910
-* Naoroz Hormusjee Naoroji Mody 1875-1944
-* Jehangirjee Hormusjee Mody 1876-1949
-* Dinshawjee Hormusjee Mody 1882-1920
+* Sirinbai Mody married Nusseranji Dady, and they had a son Hormusjee.
-== Contribution towards founding of University of Hong Kong ==
+* Merwanjee Mody 1858–1910
-[[File:HKU Sir Hormusjee Naorojee Mody.jpg|right|thumb|120px|A bust of Sir Mody in the [[University of Hong Kong]]]]
+* Naoroz Hormusjee Naoroji Mody 1875–1944
-Mody was a friend of the Hong Kong Governor, [[Frederick Lugard|Sir Frederick Lugard]] and his wife [[Flora Shaw]], who wished to found a university in Hong Kong. Mody offered to contribute a great sum of money, $150,000, to help establish the [[University of Hong Kong]], provided it was matched by donations from other sources. His donation, eventually almost doubled to $285,000, was a very significant component of the total endowment for the inception of this institution.<ref>http://www.hku.hk/press/press-releases/detail/4830.html</ref>
+* Jehangirjee Hormusjee Mody 1876–1949
+* Dinshawjee Hormusjee Mody 1882–1920
+==Contribution towards the founding of the University of Hong Kong==
-At the foundation ceremony on 16th March 1910, Mody summed up his reasons for contributing towards HKU
+[[File:HKU Sir Hormusjee Naorojee Mody.jpg|right|thumb|upright|A bust of Sir Mody in the [[University of Hong Kong]]]]
+Mody was a friend of the Hong Kong Governor, [[Frederick Lugard|Sir Frederick Lugard]] and his wife [[Flora Shaw]], who wished to found a university in Hong Kong. Mody offered to contribute a great sum of money, $150,000, to help establish the [[University of Hong Kong]], provided it was matched with donations from other sources. Eventually, his donation almost doubled to $285,000, which was a very significant component of the total endowment from the inception of this institution.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hku.hk/press/press-releases/detail/4830.html|title=Unveiling Ceremony of the Sir Hormusjee N Mody Bust in HKU|website=hku.hk|language=en|accessdate=2019-06-03}}</ref>
+At the foundation ceremony on 16 March 1910, Mody summed up his reasons for contributing towards HKU:
-"''As a young man, the advantages of education were unfortunately not within my reach, and I have to-day at my advanced age to confess myself 'no scholar'. Throughout my long life I have daily realised all I have missed for want of a sound education, and it was with the idea of in some measure providing for others what I was myself denied that I determined to offer to erect at my own cost a building which should bring within their reach those educational advantages which I have myself so greatly missed''". <ref name=":2" /><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www4.hku.hk/photos/index.php/gallery/event/detail/509|title=In memory of Sir H N Mody (2018) {{!}} Albums {{!}} HKU - Photo Gallery & Library|website=www4.hku.hk|access-date=2019-06-02}}</ref>
+<blockquote>As a young man, the advantages of education were unfortunately not within my reach, and I have today at my advanced age to confess myself 'no scholar'. Throughout my long life, I have daily realised all I have missed for want of a sound education, and it was with the idea of in some measure providing for others what I was myself denied that I determined to offer to erect at my own cost a building which should bring within their reach those educational advantages which I have myself so greatly missed.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www4.hku.hk/photos/index.php/gallery/event/detail/509|title=In memory of Sir H N Mody (2018) {{!}} Albums {{!}} HKU - Photo Gallery & Library|website=www4.hku.hk|access-date=2019-06-02}}</ref></blockquote>
-== Awards & Titles ==
+''Hong Kong Telegraph'' 17 March 1910 rightly summed up this event taking a queue from the speech of [[Viceroy]] of Canton during the ceremony: "They Built Better Than They Knew".<ref name=":2" />
-* [[Knight|Knighted]] on 16th March 1910 post his speech during foundation ceremony of HKU. It was announced by Sir Frederick Lugard. “''His Majesty has been pleased to approve that Mr. Mody be appointed Knight Bachelor. Letters Patent will be issued in due course. I concur in your proposal to announce the honour at the laying of the foundation stone of the University. A simultaneous announcement will be made in the United Kingdom.''“
-* [[Legion of Honour]] bestowed by the French government.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.zoroastrian.org.uk/vohuman/Article/Hormusjee%20Naorojee%20Mody.htm|title=The Life & Times of Sir Hormusjee Naorojee Mody|website=www.zoroastrian.org.uk|access-date=2019-06-02}}</ref>
-* Nicknamed ‘the Napoleon of the Rialto’ for becoming the director of many companies.<ref name=":1" />
-*Winner of 11 Hong Kong Derby's.<ref name=":3" />
+Sadly, Sir H.N. Mody did not survive long enough to see the opening of the university. The University was officially opened on 11 March 1912. Sir Hormusjee Mody’s son Naoroz Hormusjee Naoroji Mody attended the opening ceremony and said:
-== Namesakes ==
-Several places in Hong Kong are named after him:
-* [[Mody Road]] and [[Mody Square]] in [[Tsim Sha Tsui]]
+<blockquote>Your Excellency [Lord Lugard], it is with feelings of the utmost pleasure and pride that I proceed to perform the duty which devolves upon me of formally in the name of my late father, presenting this University building, to the community, and requesting that you, Sir, may be pleased to declare the same open, and, on behalf of my mother, I also desire to express her regret that, through ill health, she is unable to be present this day... I desire to express to your Excellency the satisfaction which my mother and family feel on this auspicious occasion when the work so nobly undertaken by your Excellency and my father, is about to be brought to so successful and fitting a conclusion... I would add that had my father been spared to see this day his heart would have rejoiced at this realisation of his hopes. I may further state that I have given instructions for the making of a silver model of the Main Building of the University which, when complete, I would ask your Excellency to accept as a souvenir of this opening ceremony, which is, I think a memorable one in the annals of the Colony.<ref name=":2" /></blockquote>
-== Resting place ==
-[[Image:Hormusjee mody grave.jpg|thumb|120px|Grave of Hormusjee Mody]]
+==Awards and titles==
-Mody passed away at his residence, Buxey Lodge, [[Conduit Road]], Hong Kong in 1911 and is buried in the Hong Kong Parsee Cemetery in [[Happy Valley, Hong Kong|Happy Valley]].<ref name="zoroastrian1"/>
+* [[Knight]]ed on 16 March 1910 post his speech during the foundation ceremony of HKU. It was announced by Sir Frederick Lugard. “''His Majesty has been pleased to approve that Mr. Mody be appointed Knight Bachelor. Letters Patent will be issued in due course.&nbsp; I concur with your proposal to announce the honour at the laying of the foundation stone of the University. A simultaneous announcement will be made in the United Kingdom.''”<ref name=":2" />
+* [[Legion of Honour]] bestowed by the French government.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.zoroastrian.org.uk/vohuman/Article/Hormusjee%20Naorojee%20Mody.htm|title=The Life & Times of Sir Hormusjee Naorojee Mody|website=zoroastrian.org.uk|access-date=2019-06-02}}</ref>
+* Nicknamed 'the Napoleon of the Rialto' for becoming the director of many companies.<ref name=":1" />
+*Winner of 11 [[Hong Kong Derby]]'s and 1 Shanghai Derby. He raced under the name of "Mr Buxey" and his colours were "Blue and white stripes".<ref name=":3" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://racing.hkjc.com/racing/information/English/Racing/LocalResults.aspx?RaceDate=2018/12/02&Racecourse=ST&RaceNo=8|title=Mody Handicap Race Results 2018|website=racing.hkjc.com|access-date=2019-06-03}}</ref>
 ==Commemoration==
+[[Image:Hormusjee mody grave.jpg|thumb|upright|Grave of Hormusjee Mody]]
+Several places in Hong Kong are named after him: [[Mody Road]] and [[Mody Square]] in [[Tsim Sha Tsui]].
+Mody died at his residence, Buxey Lodge, [[Conduit Road]], Hong Kong in 1911 and is buried in the Hong Kong Parsee Cemetery in [[Happy Valley, Hong Kong|Happy Valley]].<ref name="zoroastrian1"/>
-A bronze bust of Sir Hormusjee N. Mody was presented by the Incorporated Trustees of the Zoroastrian Charity Funds of Hong Kong, Canton and Macao to commemorate the 90th Anniversary of the University.<ref name=":0" /> It resides on the main staircase of the main building.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www4.hku.hk/photos/index.php/gallery/media/detail/6148|title=10--Mody {{!}} Albums {{!}} HKU - Photo Gallery & Library|website=www4.hku.hk|access-date=2019-06-02}}</ref>
-Every year on founder's day, the Parsi community of Hong Kong visit the Hong Kong University along with university students and officials to remember him. A small prayer is said by a Parsi [[Zoroastrianism|Zoroastrian]] priest in front of bust of Sir Hormusjee N. Mody.<ref>{{Citation|title=The Story of Sir H N Mody and HKU|url=https://uvision.hku.hk/playvideo.php?mid=22773|language=en|access-date=2019-06-02}}</ref>
+A bronze bust of Sir Hormusjee N. Mody was presented by the Incorporated Trustees of the Zoroastrian Charity Funds of Hong Kong, Canton and Macao to commemorate the 90th Anniversary of the University.<ref name=":0" /> It resides on the main staircase of the main building.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www4.hku.hk/photos/index.php/gallery/media/detail/6148|title=Bust of Sir H N Mody|website=hku.hk|access-date=2019-06-02}}</ref>
+Every year on Founder's Day, the Parsi community of Hong Kong visits Hong Kong University along with university students and officials to remember him. A small prayer is said by a Parsi [[Zoroastrianism|Zoroastrian]] priest in front of a bust of Sir Hormusjee N. Mody.<ref>{{Citation|title=The Story of Sir H N Mody and HKU|url=https://uvision.hku.hk/playvideo.php?mid=22773|language=en|access-date=2019-06-02}}</ref>
-Every year Mody [[Handicap (horse racing)|Handicap]] race is run in his honour by the Hong Kong Jockey Club.<ref name=":3" />
+Every year, the Mody [[Handicap (horse racing)|Handicap]] race is run in his honour by the Hong Kong Jockey Club.<ref name=":3" />
-==See also==
-* [https://archive.org/details/twentiethcentury00wriguoft Twentieth Century Impressions of Hongkong, Shanghai, and other Treaty Ports of China, Mr. H. N. Mody, 1908]
-* [http://www.giving.hku.hk/en/Why-Give/Honouring-The-First-Benefactor-Of-Hku.html Honouring the First Benefactor of HKU]
-*[https://derbymuseum.pastperfectonline.com/library/905DD820-D39F-4513-875A-303743303846 "The Race Goes On...:A Millennium Retrospect of Racing in Hong Kong"]
 ==References==
 {{Reflist}}
+==External links==
-{{Commons category|Hormusjee Naorojee Mody}}
+* [https://archive.org/details/twentiethcentury00wriguoft Twentieth Century Impressions of Hongkong, Shanghai, and other Treaty Ports of China, Mr. H. N. Mody, 1908]
+* [http://www.giving.hku.hk/en/Why-Give/Honouring-The-First-Benefactor-Of-Hku.html Honouring the First Benefactor of HKU] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180426045858/http://www.giving.hku.hk/en/Why-Give/Honouring-The-First-Benefactor-Of-Hku.html |date=26 April 2018 }}
+* [https://derbymuseum.pastperfectonline.com/library/905DD820-D39F-4513-875A-303743303846 "The Race Goes On...: A Millennium Retrospect of Racing in Hong Kong"]
+{{Commons category|Hormusjee Naorojee Mody}}
+{{University of Hong Kong}}
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+[[Category:Hong Kong businesspeople]]
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