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<div>{{Short description|Indian businessman}}<br />
{{BLP sources|date = January 2015}}<br />
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| name = Vijaypat Singhania<br />
| birth_date = <br />
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| nationality = Indian<br />
| known_for = Setting a World Record for highest altitude gained travelling in a [[hot air balloon]] at the age of 67<br />
| education = <br />
| employer = <br />
| occupation = Businessman, was Chairman Of Raymonds Ltd.<br />
| office = [[Sheriff of Mumbai]]<br />
| term = 19 December 2005 – 18 December 2006<br />
| predecessor = [[Sadruddin Daya]]<br />
| successor = [[Indu Shahani]]<br />
| spouse = <br />
| children = [[Gautam Singhania]]<br />
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'''Vijaypat Singhania''' is the former chairman emeritus of the [[Raymond Group]] and a former [[Sheriff of Gujarat]], from 19 December 2005 to 18 December 2006.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-08-11 |title=Who is Vijaypat Singhania? |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/who-is/former-raymond-chairman-vijaypat-singhania-gautam-singhania-4791635/ |access-date=2022-03-23 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref><br />
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A keen aviator, Singhania holds the world record for highest altitude gained travelling in a [[hot air balloon]], notably carried out at the age of 67.<ref name="balloonrecord">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4467766.stm|title=Indian sets balloon flight record|date=2005-11-26|publisher=BBC|pages=1|access-date=2009-03-06}}</ref> Singhania also holds a world record for his solo microlight flight from UK to India in 1988. Singhania has over 5,000 hours of flight experience. In 1994 he won the gold medal in the [[Fédération Aéronautique Internationale]] air race covering a distance of 34,000&nbsp;km spanning 24 days. To mark this occasion he was conferred the rank of Hon. [[Air Commodore]] of the [[Indian Air Force]]. In 2003, he was awarded the [[Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award]] by the [[Government of India]], in 2005 he was awarded the Gold Medal of the [[Royal Aero Club]], and in 2006, the [[Padma Bhushan]], the third highest civilian award by the [[Government of India]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Adventure award for Vijaypat Singhania |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/2003/20030521/ncr3.htm#4 |access-date=19 September 2020 |work=The Tribune, India |date=20 May 2003}}</ref><ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |date=2015 |access-date=21 July 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 October 2015 }}</ref><br />
Singhania wrote the book 'An Angel in the Cockpit', an account of his journey from the UK to India on a microlight aircraft in 1988.<br />
In March 2007 he was nominated to be Chairman of the Governing Council, IIM Ahmedabad (succeeding [[N.R. Narayana Murthy]]).<br />
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He is entangled in a property dispute with his son, and had this message for parents across the country: "Love your children and care for them, but don't love them so much that you are blinded". In 2015, he handed over his shares, worth over Rs. 1,000 crore, to [[Gautam Singhania]] the younger of his two sons, and had this to say in 2017 to NDTV, "In the 79 years of my life, I'd never thought I would have to take a family dispute to court after giving away everything I had and that I wouldn't even have a roof over my head." At the time he was living in rented accommodation and demanding to be reimbursed for the rent.<ref>{{cite web |title=Raymond Man Vijaypat Singhania Has A Message For Parents |url=https://www.ndtv.com/mumbai-news/raymonds-man-vijaypat-singhania-has-a-message-for-parents-1737624 |website=www.ndtv.com}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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===Bibliography===<br />
*{{cite book|last1=Singhania|first1=Vijaypat|title=An Angel in the Cockpit: the true story of a death-defying flight across 5000 miles of land and sea|date=2005|publisher=Roli|location=New Delhi|isbn=81-7436-427-7|pages=288}}<br />
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<div>{{Short description|Indian businessman}}<br />
{{BLP sources|date = January 2022}}<br />
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2022}}<br />
{{Use Indian English|date=May 2022}}<br />
{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| image = <!-- Only freely-licensed images may be used to depict living people. See [[WP:NONFREE]]. --><br />
| image_size = <br />
| name = Vijaypat Singhania<br />
| birth_date = <br />
| birth_place = <br />
| nationality = Indian<br />
| known_for = Setting a World Record for highest altitude gained travelling in a [[hot air balloon]] at the age of 67<br />
| education = <br />
| employer = <br />
| occupation = Businessman, was Chairman Of Raymonds Ltd.<br />
| office = [[Sheriff of Mumbai]]<br />
| term = 19 December 2005 – 18 December 2006<br />
| predecessor = [[Sadruddin Daya]]<br />
| successor = [[Indu Shahani]]<br />
| spouse = <br />
| children = [[Gautam Singhania]]<br />
}}<br />
<br />
'''Vijaypat Singhania''' is the former chairman emeritus of the [[Raymond Group]] and a former [[Sheriff of Gujarat]], from 19 December 2005 to 18 December 2006.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-08-11 |title=Who is Vijaypat Singhania? |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/who-is/former-raymond-chairman-vijaypat-singhania-gautam-singhania-4791635/ |access-date=2022-03-23 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref><br />
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A keen aviator, Singhania holds the world record for highest altitude gained travelling in a [[hot air balloon]], notably carried out at the age of 67.<ref name="balloonrecord">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4467766.stm|title=Indian sets balloon flight record|date=2005-11-26|publisher=BBC|pages=1|access-date=2009-03-06}}</ref> Singhania also holds a world record for his solo microlight flight from UK to India in 1988. Singhania has over 5,000 hours of flight experience. In 1994 he won the gold medal in the [[Fédération Aéronautique Internationale]] air race covering a distance of 34,000&nbsp;km spanning 24 days. To mark this occasion he was conferred the rank of Hon. [[Air Commodore]] of the [[Indian Air Force]]. In 2003, he was awarded the [[Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award]] by the [[Government of India]], in 2005 he was awarded the Gold Medal of the [[Royal Aero Club]], and in 2006, the [[Padma Bhushan]], the third highest civilian award by the [[Government of India]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Adventure award for Vijaypat Singhania |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/2003/20030521/ncr3.htm#4 |access-date=19 September 2020 |work=The Tribune, India |date=20 May 2022}}</ref><ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |date=2015 |access-date=21 July 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 October 2015 }}</ref><br />
Singhania wrote the book 'An Angel in the Cockpit', an account of his journey from the UK to India on a microlight aircraft in 1988.<br />
In March 2007 he was nominated to be Chairman of the Governing Council, IIM Ahmedabad (succeeding [[N.R. Narayana Murthy]]).<br />
<br />
He is entangled in a property dispute with his son, and had this message for parents across the country: "Love your children and care for them, but don't love them so much that you are blinded". In 2015, he handed over his shares, worth over Rs. 1,000 crore, to [[Gautam Singhania]] the younger of his two sons, and had this to say in 2017 to NDTV, "In the 79 years of my life, I'd never thought I would have to take a family dispute to court after giving away everything I had and that I wouldn't even have a roof over my head." At the time he was living in rented accommodation and demanding to be reimbursed for the rent.<ref>{{cite web |title=Raymond Man Vijaypat Singhania Has A Message For Parents |url=https://www.ndtv.com/mumbai-news/raymonds-man-vijaypat-singhania-has-a-message-for-parents-1737624 |website=www.ndtv.com}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
<br />
===Bibliography===<br />
*{{cite book|last1=Singhania|first1=Vijaypat|title=An Angel in the Cockpit: the true story of a death-defying flight across 5000 miles of land and sea|date=2005|publisher=Roli|location=New Delhi|isbn=81-7436-427-7|pages=288}}<br />
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{{s-start}}<br />
{{succession box|<br />
before=[[Sadruddin Daya]]|<br />
title=[[Sheriff of Mumbai]]|<br />
years=2005-12-20 to 2006-12-19|<br />
after=[[Indu Shahani]]<br />
}}<br />
{{s-end}}<br />
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{{PadmaBhushanAwardRecipients 2000–09}}<br />
{{Authority control}}<br />
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[[Category:Living people]]<br />
[[Category:Businesspeople from Mumbai]]<br />
[[Category:Rajasthani people]]<br />
[[Category:Recipients of the Padma Bhushan in sports]]<br />
[[Category:Recipients of the Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award]]<br />
[[Category:Indian aviators]]<br />
[[Category:Indian Air Force officers]]<br />
[[Category:Honorary air commodores]]<br />
[[Category:Sheriffs of Mumbai]]<br />
[[Category:Aviation history of India]]<br />
[[Category:Indian aviation businesspeople]]<br />
[[Category:Flight altitude record holders]]<br />
[[Category:Textile industry in Maharashtra]]<br />
[[Category:Balloon flight record holders]]<br />
[[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]]<br />
[[Category:Indian aviation record holders]]<br />
[[Category:Indian balloonists]]<br />
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