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'''Rameshwar Das Birla''' (also '''Rameshwardas Birla''') (1892–1973) was an Indian [[entrepreneur]]. He was second son of [[Baldeo Das Birla]] and the father of [[Madhav Prasad Birla]] and [[Gajanan Birla]].<ref>[ | '''Rameshwar Das Birla''' (also '''Rameshwardas Birla''') (1892–1973) was an Indian [[entrepreneur]]. He was second son of [[Baldeo Das Birla]] and the father of [[Madhav Prasad Birla]] and [[Gajanan Birla]].<ref>[https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/special-report/story/19830715-the-birlas-representing-a-fascinating-saga-in-indian-enterprise-770813-2013-07-20 The Birlas: Empire in transition, The Birlas: Representing a fascinating saga in Indian enterprise, T.N. Ninan with Ch ander Uday Singh and Sumanta Sen, India Today, July 20, 2013]</ref> He is known for founding hospitals & educational institutions in [[Bombay Hospital|Mumbai]], [[Kolkata]] and [[Pilani]]. | ||
Birla's decision in 1922 to remarry following the death of his first wife caused a split in the [[Maheshwari]] caste of which his family were a member. They were outcast by the community, who doubted that his new wife was herself a Maheshwari and thus believed that Birla had broken the caste rules relating to marriage.<ref>{{cite book |page=46 |title=Industrial Entrepreneurship Among the Trading Communities of India: How the Pattern Differs |first=Thomas A. |last=Timberg |publisher=Development Advisory Service, Center for International Affairs, Harvard University |year=1969}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Ashes of Immortality: Widow-Burning in India |first=Catherine |last=Weinberger-Thomas |publisher=University of Chicago Press |year=1999 |isbn=978-0-22688-568-1 |page=[https://archive.org/details/ashesofimmortali0000wein/page/177 177] |url=https://archive.org/details/ashesofimmortali0000wein |url-access=registration |edition=Translated | | Birla's decision in 1922 to remarry following the death of his first wife caused a split in the [[Maheshwari]] caste of which his family were a member. They were outcast by the community, who doubted that his new wife was herself a Maheshwari and thus believed that Birla had broken the caste rules relating to marriage.<ref>{{cite book |page=46 |title=Industrial Entrepreneurship Among the Trading Communities of India: How the Pattern Differs |first=Thomas A. |last=Timberg |publisher=Development Advisory Service, Center for International Affairs, Harvard University |year=1969}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Ashes of Immortality: Widow-Burning in India |first=Catherine |last=Weinberger-Thomas |publisher=University of Chicago Press |year=1999 |isbn=978-0-22688-568-1 |page=[https://archive.org/details/ashesofimmortali0000wein/page/177 177] |url=https://archive.org/details/ashesofimmortali0000wein |url-access=registration |edition=Translated |orig-date=1996}}</ref> | ||
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[[Category:Founders of Indian schools and colleges]] | [[Category:Founders of Indian schools and colleges]] | ||
[[Category:20th-century Indian philanthropists]] | [[Category:20th-century Indian philanthropists]] | ||
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Rameshwar Das Birla (also Rameshwardas Birla) (1892–1973) was an Indian entrepreneur. He was second son of Baldeo Das Birla and the father of Madhav Prasad Birla and Gajanan Birla.[1] He is known for founding hospitals & educational institutions in Mumbai, Kolkata and Pilani.
Birla's decision in 1922 to remarry following the death of his first wife caused a split in the Maheshwari caste of which his family were a member. They were outcast by the community, who doubted that his new wife was herself a Maheshwari and thus believed that Birla had broken the caste rules relating to marriage.[2][3]
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Sources[edit | edit source]
- ↑ The Birlas: Empire in transition, The Birlas: Representing a fascinating saga in Indian enterprise, T.N. Ninan with Ch ander Uday Singh and Sumanta Sen, India Today, July 20, 2013
- ↑ Timberg, Thomas A. (1969). Industrial Entrepreneurship Among the Trading Communities of India: How the Pattern Differs. Development Advisory Service, Center for International Affairs, Harvard University. p. 46.
- ↑ Weinberger-Thomas, Catherine (1999) [1996]. Ashes of Immortality: Widow-Burning in India (Translated ed.). University of Chicago Press. p. 177. ISBN 978-0-22688-568-1.
- Bio on the web URL accessed on 1 April 2006
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