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{{Infobox person<br />
| name = Thakiyudeen Abdul Wahid<br />
| nationality = Indian<br />
| occupation = {{Hlist|Entrepreneur|Aviator}}<br />
| known_for = founding the [[East-West Airlines (India)|East-West Airlines]]<br />
| death_cause = Murder<br />
| death_place = [[Mumbai]]<br />
| death_date = {{Death date|1995|11|13|df=yes}}<br />
| birth_place = Odayam village, [[Trivandrum]], India<br />
}}<br />
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'''Thakiyudeen Abdul Wahid''' was an Indian entrepreneur and aviator. He was the Founder and Managing Director of the now-defunct [[East-West Airlines (India)|East-West Airlines]], the first scheduled private airline in the country. He was murdered on 13 November 1995.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Lakdawala's arrest may shed light on Thakiyudeen Abdul Wahid murder case|url=https://www.onmanorama.com/news/nation/2020/01/10/ejaz-lakdawala-thakiyudeen-wahid-east-west-airlines-md-murder.html|access-date=2020-11-26|website=OnManorama|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=31 January 1996|title=I will return to India and face trial but after teaching Dawood a lesson: Chhota Rajan|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/interview/story/19960131-i-will-return-to-india-and-face-trial-but-after-teaching-dawood-a-lesson-says-chhota-rajan-833413-1996-01-31|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-11-26|website=India Today|language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Early life ==<br />
Wahid was born in Odayam village near [[Trivandrum]] in [[Kerala]]. He had a modest educational background and studied till 9th grade.<ref>{{Cite web|title=ഈസ്റ്റ് വെസ്റ്റ് എയർലൈൻസ് : ഇടവ ഗ്രാമത്തിൽനിന്ന് ആകാശം മുട്ടേ|url=https://www.deshabhimani.com/news/kerala/east-west-airlines-thakiyudeen/846371|access-date=2020-11-26|website=Deshabhimani|language=ml}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=അധോലോക കുറ്റവാളി ഇജാസ് ലക്ഡാവാലയെ റിമാൻഡ് ചെയ്തു|url=https://www.asianetnews.com/india-news/ejaz-lakdawala-remanded-to-police-custody-q4jswd|access-date=2020-11-26|website=Asianet News Network Pvt Ltd|language=ml}}</ref><br />
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== Career ==<br />
He began his business career with a travel agency with his brothers in [[Dadar]], Mumbai to recruit manpower to Gulf countries. He started East-West Airlines in 1992 when the Indian Government reformed the airline industry by its "open skies policy".<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title='The great survivor' Naresh Goyal throws in the towel|url=https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/companies/profile-the-great-survivor-naresh-goyal-throws-in-the-towel-3599001.html|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-11-26|website=Moneycontrol}}</ref> East-West Airlines commenced commercial operations on 28 February 1992.<ref>{{Cite web|title=ഇന്ത്യയിലെ ആദ്യ സ്വകാര്യ വിമാനക്കമ്പനിയുടമ ഒരു മലയാളി; തഖിയുദ്ദീന് വാഹിദിന്റെ വിസ്മയ കഥ|url=https://www.chandrikadaily.com/thakiyudeen-wahid-inspirational-life-stroy.html|access-date=2020-11-26|website=Chandrika Daily|language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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The airline shut down its operations in 1996 after his death in 1995.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Arrest of ex-aide of Dawood could shed light on aviation pioneer's murder|url=https://www.theweek.in/news/india/2020/01/10/arrest-of-ex-aide-of-dawood-could-shed-light-on-aviation-pioneer.html|access-date=2020-11-26|website=The Week|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Bureau|first=BW Online|title=Going Down Memory Lane|url=http://businessworld.in/article/Going-Down-Memory-Lane/08-11-2014-65977|access-date=2020-11-26|website=BW Businessworld|language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Death ==<br />
Wahid was shot dead on 13 November 1995 near his office in Mumbai.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-05-09|title=When underworld spilt blood on Mumbai streets|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/mumbai-news/when-underworld-spilt-blood-on-mumbai-streets/story-cReZm1snMfpZ7Yt5fq5tzL.html|access-date=2020-11-26|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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[[Category:Indian businesspeople]]<br />
[[Category:People murdered in Mumbai]]<br />
[[Category:Indian aviation businesspeople]]<br />
[[Category:20th-century Indian businesspeople]]<br />
[[Category:People from Kerala]]<br />
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