Mathuradas Vissanji

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Sir Mathuradas Vissanji
Born18 March 1916
Died1949
Occupation(s) Businessman, politician

Sir Mathuradas Vissanji (1916-1949) was an Indian businessman and politician.

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Life

He was born on 18 March 1916 in Mumbai, Maharashtra. [1] He died on 22 December 1949. [2]

Career

Business career

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]

Political career

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]

Awards and honours

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]

Family

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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References

  1. "Today in Indian History - Pratapsinh Mathuradas Vissanji, great industrialist, was born at Bombay". www.laindian.com.
  2. 1 2 "Newsletter" (PDF). www.vissanjiacademy.com. 2017. Retrieved 2021-05-09.
  3. 1 2 3 "Sir Mathuradas Vasanji Road: Tribute to the common man's silent benefactor in pre-Independence era". November 13, 2017.
  4. "Cotton Association of India". www.caionline.in.
  5. 1 2 Mukherjee, Aditya (June 1, 2002). Imperialism, Nationalism and the Making of the Indian Capitalist Class, 1920-1947. SAGE Publications India. ISBN   9789351500261 via Google Books.
  6. "London Gazette" (PDF). www.thegazette.co.uk. 7 September 1943. Retrieved 2021-05-09.
Business positions
Preceded by
Inaugural holder
President of Cotton Association of India
1921 - 1922
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Phiroze C. Bharucha
Honorary Sheriff of Mumbai
1940
Succeeded by
T. Sinclair Kennedy