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{{Infobox person
| name = Rameshwarlall Daulatram Nopany
| image =
| alt =
| caption =
| birth_name = Rameshwarlall Daulatram Nopany
| birth_date = 1902
| birth_place = [[Calcutta]]
| death_date = 1978
| death_place = Calcutta India
| other_names = R L Nopany also spelled R L Nopani
| known_for =
| occupation = sugar mill ownwer, industrialist, philanthropist, freedom fighter
}}

'''Rameshwarlall Daulatram Nopany''' also known as '''R. L. Nopany''' (1902 - 1978), was a philanthropist, sugar-mill owner and businessman based in [[Calcutta]], India.<ref name=cal/> He is also noted for his contributions in Indian Independence Movement and later founding various educational institutions in [[Calcutta]] and the rural areas of Bihar and Rajasthan.<ref name=cal/><ref>{{cite book |title=A Handbook of the Indian Public Schools: Issued on the 25th Anniversary of the Founding of the Indian Public Schools (Headmasters') Conference |date=1964 |pages=119 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=REs_AAAAYAAJ&q=rameshwar+lall+nopany |access-date=22 July 2025 |language=en}}</ref>

==Career==
===Nopany Group===
He was son of Seth Daulatram Nopany, who are originally from [[Mahansar]] in [[Rajasthan]]. He along with his elder brother Rawatmull Daulatram Nopany founded the Nopany Group of Industries in decade of 1930.<ref name=toi/> He completed his education from [[Scottish Church College]] of [[Calcutta]].<ref name=cal>{{cite book |title=Calcutta's Who's who in Business |date=1973 |publisher=K. K. Taneja |pages=111 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TKdDAQAAIAAJ&q=Rameshwarlall+Daulatram+Nopany |access-date=30 November 2022 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=gd/>

The firm Messrs. Daulatram Rawatmull & Daulatram Rameshwarlall owned several sugar mills like Shree Hanuman Sugar Mills at [[Motihari]], Mewar Sugar Mills at [[Bhupalsagar]], [[Rajasthan]], North Behar Sugar Mills at [[Naraipur]], [[Bihar]], Belsund Sugar Co at [[Riga, Bihar]]. The group also holds Nopany Investments.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Blattner |first1=Elwyn James |title=Who's who in Egypt and the Middle East |date=1958 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bCJXAAAAMAAJ&q=Rameshwarlall+Daulatram+Nopany |access-date=30 November 2022 |language=en}}</ref> Hanuman Sugar Mills at Motihari was one of the biggest in Bihar at time of independence of India with 12000 acres of land area held by Rameshwarlal Nopany.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Commission |first1=Champaran Farms Enquiry |title=Land Utilization in Champaran: Report of Champaran Farms Enquiry Commission |date=1950 |publisher=Ramnandan Mishra |pages=23 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=viBBAAAAIAAJ&q=rameshwarlal+nopany |access-date=22 July 2025 |language=en|quote=Rameshwarlal Nopany 12000 Total Acres 39200 As the above table indicates , the biggest farm is owned by Shri Rameshwarlal Nopany of Calcutta . His 12,000 acres farm is just under the nose of Motihari town , the district headquarters.}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Mittal |first1=Surendra Kumar |title=Peasant Uprisings & Mahatma Gandhi in North Bihar: A Politico-economic Study of Indigo Industry, 1817-1917, with Special Reference to Champaran |date=1978 |publisher=Anu Prakashan |pages=220 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6_YzAAAAMAAJ&q=rameshwarlal+nopany |access-date=22 July 2025 |language=en}}</ref>

Chandra Shekhar Nopany, the great-grandson of Rawatmull ( brother of Rameshwarlall Daulatram Nopany & co-founder of Nopany group), who is son of Bimal Kumar Nopany & Nandini Nopany (daughter of [[Krishna Kumar Birla]]), now controls most of Nopany Group and a major part of K K Birla group.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Himatsingka |first1=Anuradha |title=In a first, maternal grandson to move into grandfather KK Birla's office |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/in-a-first-maternal-grandson-to-move-into-grandfather-kk-birlas-office/articleshow/9092424.cms?from=mdr |access-date=26 August 2022 |work=The Economic Times}}</ref>

===Other organisational affiliations===
Furthermore, he was a director in [[UCO Bank|United Commercial Bank]], [[Hindusthan Mercantile Bank]], Ruby General Insurance Co, Mahabir Collieries Ltd., New Huntodih Coal Co, The headquarter of Nopany group remained in Calcutta with branches in various state including an office in [[Bombay]].

He served as the President of [[Indian Sugar Mills Association]] (1940–41), Bihar Sugar Mills Association, [[Indian Chamber of Commerce]] (1942–43), [[Indian Hemp Association]] (1941–43), & Treasurer, [[Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry]] (1933–34).<ref name=toi/>

He was also a member of Indian Central Sugarcane Committee and Indian Central Oil-seeds Committee of Government of India.<ref name=toi>{{cite book |title=The Times of India directory and year book including Who's who |date=1 January 1950 |pages=732 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EQPlAAAAMAAJ&q=TREASURER+%28+1933-34+%29 |access-date=26 August 2022 |language=en}}</ref>

==Philanthropy==
He also founded many schools across India among which Shri Daulatram Nopany Vidyalaya, a High School at [[Kolkata]] is a premier institute run now by Nopany family. Nopany Girls School, [[Pretoria High School (Kolkata)|Pretoria High School]], Ganges Gurukul and at the college level, Nopany Institute of Management Studies all in Kolkata. Other schools founded by them are North Bihar Sugar Mills High School at Narainpur in Bihar, Rameshwar Lall Nopany Vidhya Mandir at [[Bhagalpur]], Seth Daulatram Nopany Vidyabhawan, [[Mahansar]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Rao |first1=T. V. Rama |last2=Binani |first2=G. D. |title=India at a Glance: A Comprehensive Reference Book on India |date=1954 |publisher=Orient Longmans |pages=1723 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2b9NOnb8WigC&q=nopany+sugar+mill+association |access-date=24 August 2022 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Reed |first1=Sir Stanley |title=The Times of India Directory and Year Book Including Who's who |date=1956 |publisher=Times of India Press |pages=1076 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=G5AjAQAAMAAJ&q=Seth+Daulatram+Nopany |access-date=24 August 2022 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Blattner |first1=Elwyn James |title=Who's who in U.A.R and the Near East |date=1958 |pages=552 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bCJXAAAAMAAJ&q=Daulatram+Rawatmull |access-date=24 August 2022 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Shree Hanuman Sugar & Industries Limited |url=https://www.hanumansugar.com/shsil.html |website=www.hanumansugar.com |access-date=24 August 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Nopany Institute |url=https://www.nihs.ac.in/founder-message.html |website=www.nihs.ac.in |access-date=25 August 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Past Presidents |url=https://www.indianchamber.org/the-chamber/past-presidents/ |website=Indian Chamber of Commerce |access-date=26 August 2022 |archive-date=26 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220826111728/https://www.indianchamber.org/the-chamber/past-presidents/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=रामेश्वर लाल नोपानी सरस्वती विद्या मंदिर ने छात्रों के लिए ऑनलाइन पढ़ाई की शुरुआत की |url=https://www.bhaskar.com/bihar/bhagalpur/news/rameshwar-lal-nopani-saraswati-vidya-mandir-launches-online-education-for-students-063653-7019417.html |access-date=22 July 2025 |date=2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Bhagalpur News: श्री रामेश्वर लाल नोपानी सरस्वती विद्या मंदिर, में बाल विकास की बैठक आयोजित |url=https://www.gramsamachar.com/2020/06/bhagalpur-news_711.html |access-date=22 July 2025 |date=25 June 2020}}</ref>

==Contributions in Freedom Struggle==
Rameshwar Lall Noapny was a close associate of [[Ghanshyam Das Birla]].<ref name=gd/> During the underground independence movement led by [[Jai Prakash Narayan]], Ghanshyam Das Birla, Rameshwar Lall Nopany and [[Gaganvihari Lallubhai Mehta|G. L Mehta]] provided secret funding and logistic support to the leaders.<ref name=gd/> Later, inspired by them, other businessmen such as B K Rohtagi and M G Bhagat also joined in giving financial support to underground leaders.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Rao |first1=P. Chentsal |title=B.M. Birla: His Deeds & Dreams |date=1983 |publisher=Arnold Heinemann |pages=15 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=puotAAAAMAAJ&q=rameshwar+lal+nopani |access-date=22 July 2025 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=gd>{{cite book |last1=Kudaisya |first1=Medha M. |title=The Life and Times of G.D. Birla |date=2003 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-564572-9 |pages=206 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MTNuAAAAMAAJ&q=rameshwar+lal+nopani |access-date=22 July 2025 |language=en}}</ref> The other prominent leaders besides Jai Prakash Narayan like [[Ranganath Ramachandra Diwakar|R . R. Diwakar]], [[Achyut Patwardhan]], [[Baba Raghub Das]] and others were also in touch with them and secretly met them at [[Calcutta]] and got financial and logistic support.<ref name=gd/>

[[Kingdom of Marwar|Marwar Government]] had adopted repressive policy against independence activist during Quit India Movement. Rameshwar Lall Nopany and other Marwari Businessman like [[Sitaram Seksaria]], [[Basant Lal Murarka]] , [[Mangtu Ram Jaipuria]] , Ishwar Prasad Jalan, Ram Kumar Bhuwalka, Bhanwar Mal Singhi, Ganga Prasad Bhotika, Matadeen Khaitan passed a resolution against the government's policy and came in open support for independence movement.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Tewari |first1=S. N. |title=Business Community and Freedom Movement: A Case History of Rajasthan |date=1991 |publisher=Aalekh Publishers |pages=108 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qtdGAAAAMAAJ&q=rameshwar+lal+nopani+resolution |access-date=22 July 2025 |language=en}}</ref>

==References==
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