Shapur Sorab Kharegat (1 November 1932 – 29 September 2000) was a Parsi journalist, editor and former Asia Director of The Economist magazine. Kharegat was born in Bombay, at "Palm Land", the home of his maternal great-grandfather, the ship chandler magnate Kavasjee Dadabhoy Dubash (+31.10.1921), to Col. Dr. Sorabjee Merwanjee Kharegat *1900 +19.10.1963 (son of Col. Dr. Mervanji Pestanji Kharegat of Madras Medical Service *20.11.1855 +17.12.1932), and his wife Dinbai Mehta (daughter of Navazbai Dubash and Byramji Mehta). He spent his childhood at "The Clif" on Carmichael Road, Bombay at "Babington House" in Mahabaleshwar and at 17 Carlyle Mansions, Chelsea, London. Kharegat, who had a younger sister, Ratanbai (*15.1.1941 +11.8.2003), was a Parsi and a descendant of Sir Jamsetjee Jeejebhoy,