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Global • 2026-11-01, 02:24 GMT • ~1 min read

Ranji Smile: the forgotten chef who opened America's first Indian restaurant

رنجی سمائل: وہ بھولا ہوا شیف جس نے امریکہ کا پہلا انڈین ریستوران کھولا

रंजी स्माइल: वह भूले हुए शेफ जिन्होंने अमेरिका का पहला भारतीय रेस्तरां खोला

Ranji Smile: the forgotten chef who opened America's first Indian restaurant

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  • About 125 years ago, an Indian chef known as Ranji Smile opened what was almost certainly the first Indian restaurant in the United States.
  • After cooking at top London hotels, he moved to New York in 1899 and became a star at Sherry's restaurant on Fifth Avenue.
  • In late 1901 he opened his own Indian restaurant, Omar Khayyam, at 325 Fifth Avenue, decorated with Indian draperies and hanging lanterns.
  • تقریباً 125 سال پہلے رنجی سمائل نامی ایک انڈین شیف نے امریکہ کا تقریباً پہلا انڈین ریستوران کھولا۔ لندن کے بڑے ہوٹلوں میں کھانا پکانے کے بعد وہ 1899 میں نیویارک آئے اور ففتھ ایونیو کے شیریز ریستوران میں مشہور ہو گئے۔ 1901 کے آخر میں انہوں نے اپنا انڈین ریستوران عمر خیام 325 ففتھ ایونیو پر کھولا، جسے انڈین پردوں اور لٹکتی لالٹینوں سے سجایا گیا تھا۔ لیکن گاہک اتنی تعداد میں نہ آئے جتنی ضرورت تھی، اور ایک سال کے اندر یہ بند ہو گیا۔ جھوٹے شاہی دعووں اور امریکہ میں مزدور لانے کے مقدمے کے بعد ان کی شہرت ماند پڑ گئی، اور بعد میں ہارلم کا ایک ریستوران برسوں تک اس کا سہرا لیتا رہا — حالانکہ سمائل کا تجربہ پہلے ہوا تھا۔
  • लगभग 125 साल पहले, रंजी स्माइल नाम के एक भारतीय शेफ ने अमेरिका में लगभग पहला भारतीय रेस्तरां खोला। लंदन के बड़े होटलों में खाना पकाने के बाद वे 1899 में न्यूयॉर्क आए और फिफ्थ एवेन्यू के शेरीज़ रेस्तरां में मशहूर हो गए। 1901 के अंत में उन्होंने अपना भारतीय रेस्तरां उमर खय्याम 325 फिफ्थ एवेन्यू पर खोला, जिसे भारतीय परदों और लटकती लालटेनों से सजाया गया था। लेकिन ग्राहक उतनी संख्या में नहीं आए जितनी ज़रूरत थी, और एक साल के भीतर यह बंद हो गया। झूठे शाही दावों और अमेरिका में मज़दूर लाने के मुकदमे के बाद उनकी शोहरत फीकी पड़ गई, और बाद में हार्लेम का एक रेस्तरां बरसों तक इसका श्रेय लेता रहा — हालांकि स्माइल का प्रयोग पहले हुआ था।

About 125 years ago, an Indian chef known as Ranji Smile opened what was almost certainly the first Indian restaurant in the United States. After cooking at top London hotels, he moved to New York in 1899 and became a star at Sherry's restaurant on Fifth Avenue. In late 1901 he opened his own Indian restaurant, Omar Khayyam, at 325 Fifth Avenue, decorated with Indian draperies and hanging lanterns. But customers never came in the numbers he needed, and it closed within a year. His fame faded amid invented royal claims and a court case over bringing workers to America, and a later Harlem restaurant took the credit for years — but Smile's short venture came first.

تقریباً 125 سال پہلے رنجی سمائل نامی ایک انڈین شیف نے امریکہ کا تقریباً پہلا انڈین ریستوران کھولا۔ لندن کے بڑے ہوٹلوں میں کھانا پکانے کے بعد وہ 1899 میں نیویارک آئے اور ففتھ ایونیو کے شیریز ریستوران میں مشہور ہو گئے۔ 1901 کے آخر میں انہوں نے اپنا انڈین ریستوران عمر خیام 325 ففتھ ایونیو پر کھولا، جسے انڈین پردوں اور لٹکتی لالٹینوں سے سجایا گیا تھا۔ لیکن گاہک اتنی تعداد میں نہ آئے جتنی ضرورت تھی، اور ایک سال کے اندر یہ بند ہو گیا۔ جھوٹے شاہی دعووں اور امریکہ میں مزدور لانے کے مقدمے کے بعد ان کی شہرت ماند پڑ گئی، اور بعد میں ہارلم کا ایک ریستوران برسوں تک اس کا سہرا لیتا رہا — حالانکہ سمائل کا تجربہ پہلے ہوا تھا۔

लगभग 125 साल पहले, रंजी स्माइल नाम के एक भारतीय शेफ ने अमेरिका में लगभग पहला भारतीय रेस्तरां खोला। लंदन के बड़े होटलों में खाना पकाने के बाद वे 1899 में न्यूयॉर्क आए और फिफ्थ एवेन्यू के शेरीज़ रेस्तरां में मशहूर हो गए। 1901 के अंत में उन्होंने अपना भारतीय रेस्तरां उमर खय्याम 325 फिफ्थ एवेन्यू पर खोला, जिसे भारतीय परदों और लटकती लालटेनों से सजाया गया था। लेकिन ग्राहक उतनी संख्या में नहीं आए जितनी ज़रूरत थी, और एक साल के भीतर यह बंद हो गया। झूठे शाही दावों और अमेरिका में मज़दूर लाने के मुकदमे के बाद उनकी शोहरत फीकी पड़ गई, और बाद में हार्लेम का एक रेस्तरां बरसों तक इसका श्रेय लेता रहा — हालांकि स्माइल का प्रयोग पहले हुआ था।

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