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[[File:Rc jall.jpg|thumb|R.C. Jall]]'''Rustomji Cowasji Jall''' (1884–1973) was an Indian industrialist, lawyer and politician. He headed various textile mill companies in [[Indore]] and [[Ujjain]], and functioned as the representative of the interests of mill owners in state politics in [[Madhya Bharat]] and [[Madhya Pradesh]] during the 1950s and 1960s. He was the [[Vidhan Sabha|Member of Legislative Assembly]] of [[Dr. Ambedkar Nagar-Mhow (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Mhow]] between 1952 and 1972, belonging to the [[Indian National Congress]].

==Biography==
Jall was born on November 14, 1884, in [[Mhow]], in a [[Parsi]] family.<ref name=itjl>''[https://books.google.at/books?id=VYv1fVh5gCAC The Indian Textile Journal, August 1960]''. Indian Textile Journal Limited, 1960. p. 591</ref><ref name=obit/><ref name=asma/><ref name=rwjo/> He obtained a B.A. degree from Holkar College in Indore in 1906.<ref>''[https://books.google.at/books?newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&id=nEs4AAAAMAAJ Calendar for the Year 1917, Part II]''. University of Calcutta, 1917. p. 541</ref> He would later obtain M.A. and LL.B. degrees.<ref name=itjl/> He took up law practice in [[Aligarh]].<ref name=itjl/> He moved back to Mhow.<ref name=itjl/> He practiced law in Mhow and Indore.<ref name=itjl/><ref>''[https://books.google.at/books?id=UTg1AQAAMAAJ&pg=RA5-PA318 Thacker's Indian Directory 1918]''. Thacker's Directories Ltd., Calcutta, 1918. Mofussil Section, p. 318</ref>

Jall was appointed Managing Director in-charge at the Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. in Indore.<ref name=itjl/> Subsequently Sir [[Seth Hukumchand]] named him Managing Director of his company, with oversight of all his mills.<ref name=itjl/> Jall would go on to serve as Director, Managing Director or on Board of Directors of most of the textile mill companies in Indore and [[Ujjain]].<ref name=itjl/><ref name=obit>''[https://books.google.at/books?id=w5QOAQAAMAAJ Kāryavāhī: adhikr̥ta vivaraṇa, Vol. 6, Issues 1-4]''. Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha, 1973. p. 7</ref> Jall served on the All-India Textile Control Board during [[World War II]], named to the role by the [[British India|Government of India]]<ref name=itjl/> He was also present on the Post-war Planning Committee, the All-India Textile Advisory Committee, the Cotton Advisory Board and other official bodies.<ref name=itjl/> He was a member of the Madhya Bharat Board of Secondary Education and the Faculty of Commerce of [[Agra University]] for a number of years.<ref name=obit/> Jall was a member of the [[Holkar State]] Legislative Council, and then a member of the Madhya Bharat Legislative Council.<ref name=itjl/>

Jall was an [[Indian National Congress]] politician. He was a prominent ally of the ''{{ill|Nai Duniya (Indore newspaper)|lt=Nai Duniya|hi|नईदुनिया}}'' faction in Indore Congress Party politics.<ref name=rwjo/> He represented the interests of textile mill owners visavi the state governments, and served as the Chairman of the Madhya Bharat Millowners' Association 1950-1954.<ref name=itjl/><ref name=rwjo>Rodney W. Jones. ''[https://books.google.at/books?id=Mxe6EAAAQBAJ Urban Politics in India: Area, Power, and Policy in a Penetrated System]''. Univ of California Press, 2023. pp. 86, 301-302</ref> He would remain on the board of the [Madhya Pradesh] Millowners' Association after the merger of Madhya Bharat into Madhya Pradesh.<ref name=itjl/>

He won the [[Dr. Ambedkar Nagar-Mhow (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Mhow seat]] in the Legislative Assembly four times.<ref name=rwjo/> In the [[1952 Madhya Bharat Legislative Assembly election]] he obtained 17,480 votes (69.57%).<ref>Election Commission of India. ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20150424172230/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1951/StatRep_51_MB.pdf STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1951 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF MADHYA BHARAT]''</ref> Jall obtained 14,562 votes (72.21%) in the [[1957 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]], whilst in the [[1962 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1962 election]] his vote share had declined to 12,682 votes (54.13%).<ref>Election Commission of India. ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20150424113813/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1957/StatRep_MP_1957.pdf STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1957 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF MADHYA PRADESH]''</ref><ref>Election Commission of India. ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20150509125904/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1962/StatRep_MP_1962.pdf STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1962 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF MADHYA PRADESH]''</ref> As of 1960 he sat on the Board of Directors of Kalyanmal Mills Ltd., Rajkumar Mills Ltd. (Indore), the Indore Malwa United Mills Ltd. (Indore), the Binod Mills Company Ltd. (Ujjain) and the Hira Mills Ltd. (Ujjain).<ref name=itjl/> He was the owner of the Rajkumar Mills, and the chief manager of the Kalyanmal Mills.<ref name=rwjo/> In the [[1967 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]] his votes in the election for the Mhow seat increased to 18,053 votes (52.04%).<ref>Election Commission of India. ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20150509130951/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1967/Statistical%20Report%20Madhya%20Pradesh%201967.pdf STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1967 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF MADHYA PRADESH]''</ref>

Jall was a known philanthropist.<ref name=obit/> On August 7, 1956 he founded the R.C. Jall Public Charity Trust Jall, through a 1,250,000 [[Indian rupee]] donation from his personal fortunes.<ref name=obit/><ref>''[https://books.google.at/books?id=7RJWAAAAYAAJ Sandarbha ... Madhyapradeśa]''. Dainika Naīduniyā Bhavana, 2003. p. 472</ref> He also created or built a number of other institutions in Mhow, such as the Mhow Town Hall, the R. C. Jall Law College and a number of village schools.<ref name=asma>Mama, Arnavaz S. ''Welcoming Zoroastrians to the heart of India'', in ''[https://books.google.at/books?newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&id=bz0vAAAAYAAJ Parsiana, Vol. 20]''. P. Warden, 1997. p. 70</ref> He donated 300,000 rupees for the establishment of a business management training institution and 100,000 rupees to establish a science degree college in Mhow.<ref name=obit/>

Jall died on December 17, 1973.<ref name=obit/><ref>''[https://books.google.at/books?id=cnc5AAAAIAAJ The Income Tax Reports, Vol. 133]''. Company Law Institute of India, 1982. p. 194</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Madhya Bharat politicians]]
[[Category:Madhya Pradesh MLAs 1957–1962]]
[[Category:Madhya Pradesh MLAs 1962–1967]]
[[Category:Madhya Pradesh MLAs 1967–1972]]
[[Category:People from Mhow]]
[[Category:Indian businesspeople in the textile industry]]
[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians from Madhya Pradesh]]

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