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{{short description|Indian industrialist and coal miner}}
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'''Lala Gurusharan Lal Bhadani''' (1901–1955) was a noted industrialist and coal miner from [[Gaya (India)|Gaya]], India.<ref name=f/>

Lala Gurusharan Lal was one of the noted industrialists of the Indian state of [[Bihar]].
His father, [[Rai Bahadur]] [[Ram Chand Ram Bhadani]] was also a noted businessman from [[Gaya (India)|Gaya]]. Lala Gurusharan Lall stepped into his shoes, and later emerged as India's upcoming industrialist. Lala Gurusharan Lal also inherited the [[Zamindari]] of village Lapanga, [[Ramgarh district]] from his father. He also owned a colliery there under the name of Hindustan Coal Company Ltd.<ref name=n/> Lapanga later came to be known as [[Bhadani Nagar]].

In 1926 his first venture was Ram Chandra Naga Ram Rice & Oil Mills.
In 1933 he founded Gaya Sugar Mills<ref>The Indian Sugar Industry, 1950 - Sugar pp. 193</ref> in 1937 Gaya Cotton & Jute Mills. But soon he felt that Gaya was a small place for business expansion in the field of industrialization and as such in 1941 he shifted his business activities to [[Calcutta]] by purchasing Sodepur Glass Works from [[Rai Bahadur Jagmal Raja]].<ref name=n>Diary of Golden Days at Jharia – A Memoir & History of Gurjar Kashtriya Samaj of Kutch in Coalfields of Jharia – written by Natwarlal Devram Jethwa of Calcutta compiled by Raja Pawan Jethwa 1998</ref> From Calcutta he extended his business activities to Bombay and in 1946 purchased Madhusudan Cotton Mills Limited. Apart from that, he was owner of several Sugar mills like Guraru and Warisaliganj Sugar Mills and famous Cotton Mills, Madhusudan Mills Bombay. In 1951, he founded the [[Indo-Ashai Glass Company]] Limited<ref>{{cite news|title=Glass factory closed again, hundreds rendered jobless|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ranchi/Glass-factory-closed-again-hundreds-rendered-jobless/articleshow/7858433.cms|accessdate=19 October 2014|publisher=Times of India|date=3 April 2011}}</ref> The controlling company was known as Bhadani Brother Limited. He served also as the Director of Sri Ram Group of Industries, Hindustan Commercial Bank Ltd., Bhadani Bros. Ltd. and was the Director in more than three dozen industries of Sugar, Cloths, Chemicals, Electricity, Rice & Pulses, and Share Exchange.

He was member of number of regional, national & international business associations.
To name a few:-
1. All India Manufactures Association
2. Vice-President of Bihar Sugar Control Board.
3. Member of Executive Committee of [[Indian Chamber of Commerece]].
4. President of [[Bihar Chamber of Commerce and Industries]] (1948–49)<ref>{{cite web|title=Our Past Presidents|url=http://www.biharchamber.org/our_past_presidents|publisher=Bihar Chamber of Commerce & Industries|accessdate=19 October 2014}}</ref>
4. Indian Central Sugarcane Committee
5. [[Indian Mining Association]]
6. International Chamber of Commerce
7. Panel of Sugar and Alcohol Feast, Delhi

In 1941 he was elected president of [[All India Sugar Mill Association]] and in 1946 he was elected the president of [[FICCI|Federation of Indian Chamber of commerce and Industry]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Year Book of the Asiatic Society|date=1953|publisher=Asiatic Society, Calcutta|page=154|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ODAWAQAAMAAJ&q=Lala+Gurusharan+lal|accessdate=19 October 2014}}</ref> He was the first [[Bihari people|Bihari]] to have been elected as president of FICCI. He was appointed as the honorary trade adviser to the [[Government of Bihar]] in 1943, agent to the Government of India in 1944 and the President of Indian Chamber of Commerce in 1945. In appreciation of his brilliant service record; he was made the [[Knight Commander of the Indian Empire]] in 1945.

He also served as the trade adviser to the [[Government of Bihar]], a member of the Mica Enquiry Committee. He represented India as its special representative in the conference of [[International Chamber of Commerce]] held in England in 1945.

As a philanthropist, he was the founder president of [[Gaya College]], City School, and many other social and educational institutions. As a philanthropist, he, ˌkind-ˈheartedly extended donations in cash and kind to many other social organizations and educational institutions. He died in the year 1955.<ref name=f>{{cite book|title=Proceedings of the Committee, Volume 3|date=1956|publisher=Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dJHGAAAAMAAJ&q=Lala+Gurusharan+died|accessdate=19 October 2014}}</ref>

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