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348: 598: 68: 217: 115: 27: 633:, was born on 12 January 1921. By fifteen years of age, he was already actively associated with a large number of companies and eventually became the chairman of Kesoram Industries. In this role, he concentrated on the industries of cotton, 1255: 1245: 1250: 1878: 614: 1496: 1501: 1240: 719: 1858: 816: 1738: 1873: 747: 1863: 668:
In 1959, he established the Indo Ethiopian Textiles Share Company, which was the first major joint venture by any Indian industrialist. In response, the
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near Mumbai. He is the author of several books, including an autobiography entitled
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He was the chairman of the Krishnarpan Charity Trust, which runs an
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and two daughters, Jayashree Mohta and Manjushree Khaitan.
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Birla Institute of Liberal Arts and Management Sciences
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B.K. Birla Institute of Engineering & Technology
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Indian industrialist and philanthropist (1921–2019)
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