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steady food supply for their industrial interests in
Calcutta, even as millions in rural areas faced starvation. These actions contributed to escalating food prices and exacerbated the food scarcity in rural areas. The industrialists' close ties to the colonial government, with Sarkar holding the Food portfolio and Benthall controlling war transport, allowed them to prioritize feeding industrial Calcutta at the expense of the rural population. Birla reportedly used the profits generated during this crisis to purchase British industrial interests in India following independence, further consolidating his economic influence in the post-colonial era. This stark contrast between the industrialists' actions and Gandhi's public stance on fasting for the "privations of the poor millions" highlights the complex and often conflicting interests at play during this tragic period in Bengal's history.
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During this crisis, prominent industrialists like GD Birla played a controversial role. According to Janam
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and moved to further diversify them into other areas. Of these, at least three contemporary family business groups existing in India today can trace their ancestry to him. Of these businesses, he wanted to turn the moneylending business into manufacturing. So he left for
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and the local population enjoy a highly symbiotic relationship with these institutions, thereby stepping towards realising Birla's dream. TIT&S also evolved as the Center of
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producing region. There, he began "ndependently as a jute broker". In 1918, he established Birla Jute Mills, much to the consternation of established
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among other educational institutions in 1943. Now Pilani also houses Birla Public School, a famous residential public school named after Birla's family and a number of polytechnic colleges. The town of
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merchants. He had to scale a number of obstacles as the
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The Wrestler's Body: Identity and Ideology in North India
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2017:A. Lakshmanaswami Mudaliar
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1891:Kotha Satchidananda Murthy
1678:Pattadakal Venkanna R. Rao
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1693:Khusro Faramurz Rustamji
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545:"I am not a businessman"
348:In 1957, he was awarded
341:and The Birla School in
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1382:Benode Behari Mukherjee
654:People who shaped India
46:Birla in September 1980
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2057:Brihaspati Dev Triguna
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1673:C. R. Krishnaswamy Rao
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1986:Bashir Hussain Zaidi
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179:Raja Baldevdas Birla
158:Birla family history
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2027:Autar Singh Paintal
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1796:Satyendra Nath Bose
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1738:Lallan Prasad Singh
1422:Kaloji Narayana Rao
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902:Aditya Vikram Birla
892:Rameshwar Das Birla
887:Madhav Prasad Birla
882:Krishna Kumar Birla
726:Hindalco Industries
459:ध्रुवोपाख्यान, 1960
358:Government of India
274:Quit India Movement
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148:Ghanshyam Das Birla
143:G. D. Birla in 1946
105:Krishna Kumar Birla
102:Lakshmi Nivas Birla
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2577:Har Gobind Khorana
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