Basant Kumar Birla
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Sir Basant Kumar Birla Ghanshyam Das Birla | |
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Order of the Holy Trinity Order of Menelik II |
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Basant Kumar Birla (12 January 1921 – 3 July 2019) was an Indian businessman of the
BK Birla Institute of Engineering & Technology (BKBIET) and various educational trusts
and institutes.
Biography
Birla, the youngest son of philanthropist
, etc.In 1959, he established the Indo Ethiopian Textiles Share Company, which was the first major joint venture by any Indian industrialist.Haile Selassie I, awarded him the medal of the Order of Menelik II, the highest Ethiopian award.[1]
On 13 April 1942, he married
Brijlal Biyani, after having been introduced to each other by Jamnalal Bajaj and Mahatma Gandhi in 1941. They had a son, Aditya Vikram Birla
and two daughters, Jayashree Mohta and Manjushree Khaitan.
Birla died on 3 July 2019, at the age of 98.[2]
Philanthropy
He was the chairman of the Krishnarpan Charity Trust, which runs an
BK Birla Institute of Engineering & Technology in Pilani, Rajasthan, the Swargashram Trust, which administers a Sanskrit school in Rishikesh. He also established Birla Public School in Qatar and the Birla College of Arts, Science & Commerce in Kalyan
near Mumbai. He is the author of several books, including an autobiography entitled Svantah Sukhaya.
See also
- Birla Family
- B K Birla Centre For Education
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References
- ^ a b "Industrialist Basant Kumar Birla passes away". Retrieved 14 July 2019.
- ^ "Industrialist Basant Kumar Birla passes away". The Times of India. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
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