1904
Birth of our founder, Meghji Pethraj Shah in Dabasang, near Jamnagar in Gujarat State, India
1919
M. P. Shah emigrates to Mombasa, Kenya. Works as a shop assistant and book-keeper
1922
M. P. Shah moves to Nairobi
1922
M. P. Shah starts his own business, Raichand Brothers. The company begins in wholesaling and retailing, then expands into transport and trading
1928
Donations made to build a school and the Pethraj Jetha Building to house it in M. P. Shah's home village, Dabasang
1929
Forms a new partnership firm with Premchand V. Shah, Premchand Raichand, which sets up various businesses in Kenya
1930
Premchand Raichand expands into manufacturing aluminium utensils through Kenya Aluminium Works
1934
Premchand Raichand forms the Kenya Tanning Extract Co. to extract tannin from wattle bark
1936
Premchand Raichand forms Kenya Cotton & Produce Co.to open a cotton ginnery
1943
Premchand Raichand partnership ends, with M. P. Shah continuing to operate Kenya Tanning Extract Co.
1944
M. P. Shah starts Raitan Pvt Ltd in Mumbai to import tannin into India
1949
Starts Colonial Merchants to import textiles
1949
Acquires a 16,000 acre sisal plantation in Tanzania
1951
Acquires D. Abraham & Sons, a freight forwarding company in Mumbai
1952
Forms Guarantee Discount Co in Kenya to provide hire purchase financing
1953
From 1953 to 1964, M. P. Shah builds more than one hundred hospitals, medical facilities, colleges and schools, mainly in Gujarat and Kenya
1953
M. P. Shah retires from active management of his businesses and starts selling off all of his companies. He allocates all future income and most of his capital and time to his charitable trusts.
1954
Donations made of 38 acres of land in Jamnagar to Municipal Corp. for the M. P. Shah Industrial Estate
1954
Donations made of money and 19 acres of land in Jamnagar to build what is now the M. P. Shah Education Complex
1955
Donations made to build the M. P. Shah Medical College, Jamnagar
1955
M. P. Shah is appointed as a member of the Rajya Sabha, the Upper House of the Indian Parliament
1956
Donations made to Shri Kasturba Stri Vikas Gruh, Jamnagar, which looks after women in distress
1957
Family moves to London
1961
Donations made to build the M. P. Shah Municipal College of Commerce & Law, Jamnagar
1962
Donations made to build the Parklands Nursing Home, Nairobi, which became the M. P. Shah Hospital
1964
Donations made to build the M. P. Shah Cancer Hospital, Ahmedabad
1964
M. P. Shah passes away at the age of 59; his sons, Vipin and Anant are still students
1968
From 1968, donations made to the Royal Postgraduate Medical School at Hammersmith Hospital, London, to build the Meghraj Lecture Theatre, the Meghraj Basic Research Cardiovascular Laboratories and the Meghraj Teaching Laboratories
1968
Donations made to build the M. P. Shah Municipal Vrudhashram, Jamnagar
1970
Donations made to build the Shrimati Maniben M. P. Shah Women’s College of Arts & Commerce, Mumbai
1973
Vipin and Anant Shah start the financial services business in London which evolves into Meghraj Group, including Meghraj Bank in London and Meghraj Bank (IOM) in the Isle of Man
1979
Kingsridge Trustee Company starts in Jersey beginning the Group’s trust and company services business
1980
Donations made to the M. P. Shah All India Talking Book Centre
1986
Donations made to build the M. P. Shah Technical Training Institute in Vaghodia
1987
Donations made to build the Maniben M. P. Shah Hall at the Jain Centre, Leicester
1991
Banking business refocuses from commercial to private banking
1992
Donations made to develop the M. M. Shah Mahila Arts College in Mehsana
1993
Meghraj Financial Services (now Meghraj Capital Advisors) starts in Mumbai, beginning the Group’s investment banking business
2000
Banking businesses in UK wound down – depositors repaid in full, and banking licences returned; the British Isles business focuses on trust and company services
2001
Merger of Kingsridge Trustee Company in Jersey with City Management, forming Minerva Trust & Corporate Services
2004
Donations made to redevelop the M. P. Shah Municipal Town Hall in Jamnagar
2006
Minerva acquires Professional Trust Company to become one of the largest independent trust businesses in Jersey
2008
Donations made to M. P. Shah Medical College
2009
Donations made to start the M. P. Shah Deafblind Unit in Jamnagar
2010
Donations made to Boys Hostel, M. P. Shah Education Complex in Jamnagar
2010
The Group begins its infrastructure consulting business in India through Meghraj Capital Advisors
2011
Donations made to rebuild primary schools in Jamnagar District
2011
Donations made to Chaitanaya Charitable Trust in Jamnagar for a day care centre
2012
Donations made to Business Bridge to fund pilot projects in India
2013
MTC Trust starts in Nairobi to offer onshore trust services, marking the Group's return to Kenya
2014
Meghraj Capital starts in Nairobi, expanding the Group's investment banking business to cover East Africa
2014
Meghraj Capital starts in London, further expanding the Group's investment banking business
2015
Meghraj Capital opens an office in Tokyo, expanding the Group's investment banking business
2016
Extension to the M.P. Shah Government Medical College in Jamnagar by the Government of Gujarat, at a cost of INR 1.1 billion
2017
New entrance built at the M.P. Shah Hospital in Nairobi, funded by the Meghraj Charitable Foundation
2018
Minerva Trust & Corporate Services merges with JTC Group PLC, with the combined business looking after USD 100 billion of client assets
2020
65th anniversary celebrations of the M. P. Shah Medical College in Jamnagar, India
2020
Inauguration of the M. P. Shah Municipal Vrudhashram in Jamnagar, India, with donations made by the Meghraj Charitable Foundation
2021
Meghraj Group completes the sale of its infrastructure consulting business to the Indian subsidiary of Fichtner Group, a leading German engineering and consulting company
2022
Meghraj Group celebrates its centenary
2022
As part of Meghraj Group’s centenary celebrations, donations were made to the M. P. Shah Hospital in Nairobi, Kenya and the Shri M. P. Shah Municipal Commerce College in Jamnagar, India
2022
As part of Meghraj Group’s centenary celebrations, a donation was made to the MM Shah and MV Shah Academy in Mombasa, Kenya, to extend the primary school to be able to offer junior secondary education
2023
Chania High School in Thika, Kenya changes its name to M. P. Shah Chania High School. The school was built in 1962 with a donation from our Founder, and was originally called M. P. Shah High School
