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{{Short description|Indian industrialist (1933–1980)}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Gopal Krishna Singhania
| image = Gopal krishna Singhania.jpg
| birth_date = 21 June 1933
| death_date = 3 January 1980
| known_for = Indian Industrialist
| spouse = Sulochana Devi, Kalpana Singhania
| children = Ramapati Singhania, Nidhipati Singhania, Ambika Kothari, Gopika Singhania
| parents = [[Padampat Singhania]] <br> Anusuya Singhania
| family = [[Singhania family]]
}}
'''Gopal Krishna Singhania''' was an Indian Industrialist.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=N8ROAAAAYAAJ&q=gopal+krishna+singhania|title=Wool and Woollens of India|year=1983|volume=20|pages=40–41|language=English}}</ref> He was born on 21 June 1933 to [[Padampat Singhania|Sir Padampat Singhania]] and Lady Anusuya Singhania of the [[Singhania family]]. He died at the age of 47 on 3 January 1980.<ref>{{Cite web|date=January 31, 1980|title=Gopalkrishna Singhania dies of heart attack at 47|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/signposts/story/19800131-gopalkrishna-singhania-dies-of-heart-attack-at-47-821680-2014-12-19|access-date=2022-02-23|website=India Today|language=en}}</ref>

He was the youngest Chairman of [https://www.raymond.in/milestone Raymond Woollen Mills Ltd].<ref>{{Cite journal|date=2015-06-05|title=Shri Gopalkrishna Singhania|url=https://www.epw.in/author/shri-gopalkrishna-singhania|journal=Economic and Political Weekly|language=en|pages=7–8}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gcZOAAAAYAAJ&q=gopal+|title=Wool and Woollens of India|year=2000|volume=37|pages=19|language=English}}</ref> He also served as the Chairman of [https://www.jaykayenterprises.com/index.html JK Synthetics Ltd],<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Singhania|first=Gopalkrishna|date=1970|title=JK Synthetics Limited|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/4360852|journal=Economic and Political Weekly|volume=5|issue=51|pages=2057–2059|jstor=4360852|issn=0012-9976}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SJVIAQAAIAAJ&q=%22jk+synthetics%22+%22Gopal+Krishna+Singhania%22|title=Kotari's Economic guide and investors' handbook of India|year=1965|pages=1150|language=English}}</ref> now known as JK Enterprises, the first Indian company to produce nylon with its own polymerization process.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kXS2DAAAQBAJ&dq=jk+synthetics&pg=PA227|title=The Marwari Heritage|publisher=IntegralDMS|year=2016|isbn=9781942322061|pages=227|language=English}}</ref> He was also the Director of Doe Jones Investments and Consultants Pvt Ltd and The New Kaiser-I Hind Spinning and Weaving Co Ltd.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wGcO01MeztwC&dq=gopal+krishna+singhania&pg=PA254|title=Academic foundation's Bulletin on Banking & Finance|publisher=Academic Foundation|year=2002|isbn=9788171882885|volume=35|pages=254|language=English}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SeQkAQAAIAAJ&q=vijaypat%20singhania%20about%20Gopal%20krishna|title=Official Year Book|publisher=Calcutta Stock Exchange Association Limited|year=1965|pages=211|language=English}}</ref>

As the Chairman of Raymonds, he was instrumental in reinventing garment manufacturing in India. He introduced the cross breeding of Indian Deccani and Chokla sheep with Australian Merino rams at Raymond Wool Research and Development Division. This resulted in pioneering the production of high quality indigenous "Gopal Merino Wool" in India.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gcZOAAAAYAAJ&q=gopal+|title=Wool and Woolens of India|year=2000|pages=19–20|language=English}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2014-10-17|title=The making of the complete man|url=https://www.mid-day.com/lifestyle/culture/article/the-making-of--the-complete-man-15690160|access-date=2022-02-23|website=www.mid-day.com|language=en}}</ref> In 1967, he expanded Raymond Woollen Mill Ltd into Kenya as a joint venture with 67 employees.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Ramu |first=S. Shiva |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HtTsAAAAMAAJ&q=gopal+krishna+singhania+kenya |title=Globalization: The Indian Scenario |date=1996 |publisher=Wheeler Pub. |isbn=978-81-85814-98-8 |language=en}}</ref>

Gopal Krishna Singhania was first married to [https://www.singhaniaschool.org/ Mrs Sulochana Devi Singhania] who died in 1967.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=2016-09-20|title=1. SMT Sulochanadevi Singhania School|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/mumbai-news/1-smt-sulochanadevi-singhania-school/story-ifKKjsCvjLZvKwAevfeGnI.html|access-date=2022-02-23|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}</ref> Later he married Mrs Kalpana Singhania. He was survived by two sons namely Ramapati Singhania, Nidhipati Singhania.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H8dOAAAAYAAJ&q=ramapati+singhania|title=Textile Trends|publisher=Eastland Publications|year=1997|volume=40|pages=77|language=English}}</ref> [[Gopika]] Singhania and Ambika Kothari are his two daughters.

Gopal Krishna Singhania established the Smt Sulochana Devi school in 1968 at Thane, [[Maharashtra]], India in the memory of his first wife.<ref name=":0" />

The [https://www.indiascienceandtechnology.gov.in/nurturing-minds/s-and-t-awards/national/gopal-krishna-singhania-memorial-endowment-award Gopal Krishna Singhania Memorial Endowment Award] is bestowed by the [[Government of India]] for outstanding contributions in the field of air and water pollution control.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Gopal Krishna Singhania Memorial Endowment Award {{!}} India Science, Technology & Innovation|url=https://www.indiascienceandtechnology.gov.in/nurturing-minds/s-and-t-awards/national/gopal-krishna-singhania-memorial-endowment-award|access-date=2022-02-23|website=www.indiascienceandtechnology.gov.in}}</ref>

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[[Category:Indian industrialists]]
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