Career
Hailing from Waghura, a small village in remote Kutch he migrated to Bombay (now Mumbai) at a young age and became a very successful businessman, working with the Bombay Portuguese Trust. He was given the honorific title "Rao Bahadur" by the then British government in India for his good community work on January 1, 1899. The Curumsey Damjee Community Hall at the Dariya Sthan (Kutchi Lohana Mahajan) Masjid Bunder, Mumbai was named after him.
A copy of this book was referred to in the Catalogue of Marathi and Gujarati books of the British Museum, Department of Oriental Printed Books and Manuscripts in 1915.
He instituted three Public Charitable Trusts. First the R. B. Sheth Curumsey Damjee Arogya Bhuvan Trust that has a sanatorium in Matheran.
Second, the R. B. Sheth Curumsey Damjee Mathura Waghora Dharamsala Trust that has a dharamsala in Waghora. An annual scholarship was instituted at the University of Mumbai after him.
This scholarship was worth Rs.
250/- and was given to the top most student among Kutchi Lohana community.