Sir Mathuradas Vissanji | |
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Born | 18 March 1916 |
Died | 1949 |
Occupation(s) | Businessman, politician |
Sir Mathuradas Vissanji (1916-1949) was an Indian businessman and politician.
He was born on 18 March 1916 in Mumbai, Maharashtra. [1] He died on 22 December 1949. [2]
He founded the Wallace Mills Company, a family owned textile business, which is today managed by his grandson Hemant Vissanji. [3] The Vissanji family also owned the Bombay Burmah Trading Company which is worth over 1 billion $USD today.
He was the first president of the Cotton Corporation of India. [4]
He was elected to the Bombay Legislative Assembly in 1935. [3] [5]
In the 1934 Indian general election, he was elected to the Central Legislative Assembly. [3] [5]
At the 1943 Birthday Honours of King George VI, he was conferred with a knighthood. His name was thus published as Sir Mathuradas Vissanji by the London Gazette from then on. [6] [2]
Sir Mathuradas Vissanji's son was a prominent Indian industrialist, his granddaughter Panna Khatau was married to Sunit Khatau, a member of the Khatau business family.
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