105:. A little later, another colliery was purchased in partnership with Nanji Khengarji and also opened at Joyrampur and a liaison office was opened in Calcutta for coal trading business. However, in 1928, the partnership business went into legal dispute with family of Khengarji Trikoo claiming that Amritlal sold a part of the coal mines to another party without their consent and knowledge. Amritlal lost the case in Supreme Court of India in 1939 and had to pay the damages to Ratilal Nanji, son of Nanji Khengarji. Thus the joint venture Khengarji Amritlal & Company came to an end with bitter note and as a black spot on Amritlal's otherwise illustrious business career.
179:. He also started Calcutta Safe Deposit Vault Ltd at Security House at Calcutta, which was one of the safest vault of those times located under the ground of building. The vault was modelled on safe deposit centres in London that Ojha had come across during a visit to Europe in the early 1930s. The vault opened in January, 1940 is still in operation. It was one of the first private vaults of Kolkata and Ojha had to travel to London start this venture, as initially the permission starting such private vault was denied by British.
243:, which was founded in 1924. He served as executive committee member of the Geological Society from 1924 till his death in 1944 and presided over it for the years 1928-29 and 1928-30 In 1930, he attended International Labour Conference as Employers delegate. He was also one of the founders of the
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and in the 1900s held influential control of collieries and in the local politics of Jharia. Soon
Amritlal became a close associate and confidante of the employers earning them huge profits by his acumen. Khengarji offered him a partnership with a view to retaining him and a new firm was opened in
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He died aged 54, in 1944 when he was at the peak of his business career. Among his successors, mainly his sons, Vasantray
Amritlal Ojha, Bhupatray Amritlal Ojha & Keshavlal Amritlal Ojha, along with a relative and a key personnel of the company named Jyantilal Manishankar Ojha, are noted for
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name of
Khengarji Amritlal & Company. Initially, Jote Dhamo Colliery was purchased as joint venture of Nanji Khengarji Trikoo and Amritlal Ojha in the year 1919, which was a huge success. The success in the coal business enabled him to buy a piece of coal land about 500 bighas- in 1920 near
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of Kutch. Sometimes later he called
Amritlal also to Jharia and arranged a job for him at Mistri Khengarji Trikoo & Son's Khas Joyrampur colliery at a salary of Rs 31/- per month, which was raised to Rs. 70/- very soon looking into his competence.
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district, which he had purchased in 1921. He also took several other coal mines on lease like East
Sitalpur Colliery, East Bansdeopur Coal mines and others. There were at least 14 collieries under their management at a point of time.
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He also started import export business and exported coal, rice and other products. He also took agencies of various consumer products as an importer. They were distributor for
Shalimar biscuits for Eastern India.
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However, by this time
Amritlal had amassed enough wealth. He shifted to Calcutta around 1929–30 and started his own firm Amritlal & Sons and Amritlal Ojha & Company with offices at Calcutta and
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Coalfields of Jharia – written by Natwarlal Devram Jethwa of Calcutta compiled by Raja Pawan Jethwa published in year 1998 in English pp:32- Amritlal Ojha (1890-1944)
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The Ojha business group suffered major set back after nationalization of coal mines in 1971–73, due to internal disputes and losses in other arms of their business.
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He also founded an insurance company - Great Social Life and
General Insurance Company in early 1943. The company was opened with patronage of
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in the year 1908 and joined Mistri
Khimjee Moljee & Company's Joyrampur Colliery. The owner was Khimee Moolji Jethwa of Anjar from
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in 1931 and floated two companies to manage it - Amritlal Ojha & Co. (Burma) Ltd and Burma Ainrit Sugar Mills Ltd.
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He also took on lease mills such as the Hattersley Mill Co in Bombay, which he ran till 1940. The mill was owned by
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taking reins of Ojha group. In 1946 Ojha family started New Shampore Coal Co with partnership with
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He also built multi-storied complex Security House at Calcutta as his head office, which stands at
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Problems of Sugar Industry in India: Scope and Prospects of Re-organisation in Post-war Period
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52:. Early in life he tried several jobs even as a teacher in Anjar. He later worked under a
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He concentrated on his sole proprietorship collieries, Guzdar Kajora Colliery located at
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and his son Nanji Khengarji. They also belonged to Mistri community of Kutch. The
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Partition Proceedings: appx.1-2.Assets and liabilities (expert committee no.2)
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Quarterly Journal of the Geological, Mining and Metallurgical Society of India
231:, Jeshtaram Kapadia, Mohmmadbhoy Dawjee Dadabhoy and Vasantray Amritlal Ojha.
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at Calcutta and served in various posts of these school committees. Also in
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served as the first chairman of this company and other elites of town like
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48:. He obtained his education first at a native school and subsequently at
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railway lines were opened. Here they came in close contact with various
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apart from British and Europeans, patronized it once upon a time. Even
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Amritlal was born in 1890 at Anjar to Laljee Ojha. He belonged to the
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The Times of India Directory & Yearbook, Including Who's who
158:. The State gifted the mill to the Government of India in 1940.
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Indian National Congress. All India Congress Committee (1956).
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Amritlal Ojha was also a philanthropist and helped to fund
267:, member of the Mining Board and was one of the founders of
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Khengarji Trikoo was owned by Khengarji Trikoo Padhiyar of
692:. Who's Who Publishers (India) Limited. 1940. p. 534.
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helped to start a girls school at Anjar and one at Morvi.
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Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry
19:(1890–1944) was a noted coal miner and businessman from
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Geological, Mining and Metallurgical Society of India
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were pioneering Indians in Jharia coalfields, led by
509:. Bennett, Coleman & Company. 1951. p. 805.
528:"Breaking open a repository of forgotten legacies"
265:Bengal National Chamber of Commerce & Industry
56:railway contractor with his father, when in 1905,
489:Entrepreneurship and Industry in India, 1800–1947
549:India (Republic) Partition Secretariat (1947).
506:Indian & Pakistan Year Book & Who's who
121:He built a palatial mansion at Allenby Road in
709:. Council of States Secretariat. p. 4031.
603:"British-era vault still operating in Kolkata"
742:. Prabasi Press Private, Limited. p. 30.
352:. The Society. 1951. pp. xix, xvii, 125.
207:Amritlal Ojha also purchased a sugar mill at
44:caste. They were known as 'Lotani' family of
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221:the Jamsahib Sri Digvijaysinhji of Nawanagar
758:. Times of India Press. 1954. p. 1261.
640:India's Might, B. Pirojsha, 1943 -Page 264
796:Founders of Indian schools and colleges
703:India. Parliament. Rajya Sabha (1964).
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269:The Indian Colliery Owners' Association
725:. The Society. 1943. pp. 116–117.
706:Parliamentary Debates: Official Report
689:Who's who in India, Burma & Ceylon
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285:Bhawanipoure Education Society College
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826:Businesspeople in the sugar industry
624:Manmohan Purushottam Gandhi (1945).
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387:The genealogical history of India
162:Import-export and agency business
133:Collieries in Ranigunj coalfields
390:. Ahi Bhusan Ghosh. p. 209.
806:Indian businesspeople in mining
281:Calcutta Anglo-Gujarati School
239:He was one of the founders of
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736:Ramananda Chatterjee (1933).
384:Jnanendra Nath Kumar (1934).
223:and other directors included
308:family and Dhanji Ratanji.
259:also He was a member of the
229:Fazalbhoy Ibrahim Rahimtoola
227:, Dhanjishaw J. Poonawala,
836:Businesspeople from Gujarat
791:Businesspeople from Kolkata
586:Calcutta Safe Deposit Vault
572:. Indian National Congress.
251:, was the President of the
177:Netaji Subhas Road, Kolkata
72:Career at Jharia coalfields
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816:People from Kutch district
530:. Live Mint. 12 March 2011
263:in 1926; President of the
255:for years 1940-41 and The
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129:and family shifted there.
76:Amritlal's father came to
66:Mistri railway contractors
257:Indian Merchants' Chamber
249:Indian Mining Federation
225:Pranlal Devkaran Nanjee
651:"ICC Past presidents"
676:FICCI Past president
299:Death and successors
191:, royal families of
185:Nalini Ranjan Sarkar
109:Shifting to Calcutta
32:Birth and early life
283:, donated land for
199:held a vault here.
189:Maharaja of Burdwan
181:Sir Badridas Goenka
786:People from Jharia
487:Kanta Roy, Rajat.
474:All India Reporter
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235:Public life
203:Sugar mills
123:Bhawanipore
27:Life sketch
770:Categories
315:References
197:Dalai Lama
139:Kajoragram
40:family of
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215:Insurance
23:, India.
103:Raniganj
38:Gujarati
21:Calcutta
293:Gujarat
143:Burdwan
62:Mathura
42:Brahmin
193:Sikkim
116:Bombay
78:Jharia
457:Kutch
209:Burma
90:Anjar
58:Nagda
54:Parsi
50:Morvi
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