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{{Infobox company<br />
| name = The Mehta Group<br />
| logo = Mehta logo.jpg<br />
| type = [[Private Company|Private]]<br />
| slogan =<br />
| foundation = {{start date and age|1998}}<br />
| location = [[Gandhinagar]], India<br />
| key_people = [[Jay Mehta]]<br />[[chairman]]<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/Nema-tours-SCOUL-stench-complaint/688334-4635684-116w22l/index.html |title=NEMA tours SCOUL over stench complaint |access-date=28 June 2018 |<br />
date=28 June 2018 |newspaper=[[Daily Monitor]] |first=Jessica | last=Sabano |location=Kampala}}</ref><br />
| num_employees = 15000+(2009)<br />
| revenue =<br />
| assets = US$400+ million (2014)<br />
| industry = [[Conglomerate (company)|Conglomerate]]<br />
| products = [[Manufacturing]], [[Agriculture]], [[Finance]], Sugar, [[Horticulture]], [[Cement]], [[Plastics]], Alcohol, [[Insurance]], [[Consultant|Consulting]], Industrial Machinery<br />
| homepage = [http://www.mehtagroup.com/ Mehtagroup.com]<br />
}}<br />
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The '''Mehta Group of Companies''', commonly referred to as the '''Mehta Group''', is an [[India]]n [[conglomerate (company)|conglomerate]] based in [[Mumbai]] and headquartered in [[Gandhinagar]], with subsidiaries in the United States, Canada, [[Kenya]] and [[Uganda]]. The group employs in excess of 15,000 people worldwide and has an asset base in excess of US$350 million, as of April 2010. The group's businesses include investments in sugar, cement, packaging, [[floriculture]], engineering, electrical cable, consulting, management, insurance, [[International Trade]] and [[International Finance]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2010-04-23/news/27615455_1_saurashtra-cement-mehta-group-gujarat-sidhee-cement| title=In A Tight Spot, Will Jay Mehta Wriggle Through?|date=23 April 2010|accessdate=28 July 2014|first=Bureau|last=Economic Times| publisher=[[The Economic Times]] (New Delhi)}}</ref><br />
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== History ==<br />
The group, founded by [[Nanji Kalidas Mehta]] (1887–1969), who was born in India in the late 19th century. In 1900, at the age of 13 years, he migrated to [[Uganda]] and started a series of businesses that included a tea plantation, a cotton ginnery, a sugarcane plantation and a sugar factory.<br />
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During the 1930s, having established himself in Uganda, Mehta began operations in India. He set up a textile mill and ginning factory in [[Porbandar]], [[Gujarat]], and a trading company in [[Bombay]]. Later, a cement plant (Saurashtra Cement Limited) was established in 1956.<br />
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In 1972, [[Idi Amin]], then leader of Uganda, [[Expulsion of Asians from Uganda|expelled all Asians]] from the country; all of the group's Ugandan possession were surrendered, many to the government-controlled [[Uganda Development Corporation]].<ref name="Jørgensen1981">{{cite book|last=Jørgensen|first=Jan Jelmert|title=Uganda: A Modern History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=09MNAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA288|accessdate=12 August 2010|year=1981|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-0-85664-643-0|pages=288–290}}</ref> The group concentrated on their non-African businesses; setting up a consultancy in India and a plastics plant in Canada becoming a truly International conglomerate during the 1970s. In 1979, Amin was removed from power and the group was invited back into Uganda to repossess their assets.<br />
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During the 1980s the Agrima Consultancy wing of the group expanded to [[Ethiopia]], [[Cameroon]], [[Sudan]], [[Burundi]], [[Nigeria]], [[Nepal]], [[Sri Lanka]] and [[Myanmar]]. The group rehabilitated all their Ugandan businesses during this period. A second cement plant was started in India; the Gujarat Sidhee Cement Limited.<br />
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During the 1990s the group entered the financial area by establishing Transafrica Assurance Company Limited. During this period, the cement factories in India were expanded and modernized.<ref>{{cite web|title=History of The Mehta Group of Companies|url=http://www.mehtagroup.com/history.html#|date=2010| accessdate=28 July 2014|first=Group|last=Mehta|publisher= MehtaGroup.Com}}</ref><br />
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== Subsidiary companies ==<br />
The companies of the Mehta Group include, but are not limited to the following:<ref>{{cite web|title=The Businesses of The Mehta Group| url=http://www.mehtagroup.com/our_business.html|date=2010|last=Mehta |first=Group|accessdate=28 July 2014|publisher=MehtaGroup.Com}}</ref><br />
; India<br />
* Saurashtra Cement Limited – [[Ranavav]], Gujarat, India<br />
* Gujarat Sidhee Cement Limited – Sidheegram, Gujarat, India<br />
* Agrima Consultants International Limited – [[Mumbai]], India<br />
* Mehta Private Limited – Mumbai, India<br />
* [[Kolkata Knight Riders]] – [[Kolkata]], India<br />
* Global Cups & Consumables Private Limited – [[Kandla Port]], Gujarat, India.<br />
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;Uganda<br />
* Transafrica Assurance Company Limited – [[Kampala]], Uganda<br />
* Transafrica Commerce Limited – Kampala, Uganda<br />
* [[Sugar Corporation of Uganda Limited]] (SCOUL) – [[Lugazi]], Uganda<ref>{{cite web<br />
|url=http://www.independent.co.ug/News/news-analysis/4550-mabira-no-storm-in-mehtas-tea-cup <br />
|title=Mabira: No Storm In Mehta's Tea Cup <br />
|date=27 August 2011 <br />
|first=Mubatsi Asinja <br />
|last=Habati <br />
|accessdate=28 July 2014 <br />
|publisher=[[The Independent (Uganda)]] <br />
|url-status=dead <br />
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140728194116/http://www.independent.co.ug/News/news-analysis/4550-mabira-no-storm-in-mehtas-tea-cup <br />
|archivedate=28 July 2014 <br />
}}</ref><br />
* [[Lugazi Power Station]] – Lugazi, Uganda<br />
* Ugma Engineering Corporation Limited – Lugazi, Uganda<br />
* Cable Corporation Limited – Lugazi, Uganda<br />
* Uganda Hortech Limited – Lugazi, Uganda<br />
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;Kenya<br />
* Agro Chemical and Food Company Limited – [[Muhoroni]], Kenya<br />
* The Mehta Group Limited – [[Nairobi]], Kenya<br />
* Glenn Investments Limited Nairobi, Kenya<br />
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; USA<br />
* Monarch Plastics Inc. – [[Kenosha, Wisconsin|Kenosha]], [[Wisconsin]], United States<br />
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== See also ==<br />
{{columns-list|colwidth=22em|<br />
* [[List of conglomerates|Conglomerates]]<br />
* [[List of conglomerates in Africa|Africa Conglomerates]]<br />
* [[List of conglomerates in Uganda|Uganda Conglomerates]]<br />
* [[List of sugar manufacturers in Uganda|Uganda Sugar Factories]]<br />
* [[List of power stations in Uganda|Uganda Power Stations]]<br />
* [[List of wealthiest people in Uganda|Wealthy Ugandans]]<br />
}}<br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
*[http://mehtagroup.com/ Mehta Group website]<br />
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