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{{Short description|Indian businessman}} | {{Short description|Indian businessman}} | ||
{{Infobox person | {{Infobox person | ||
| name = Mathuradas Vissanji | | name = Sir Mathuradas Vissanji | ||
| image = | | image = | ||
| alt = Mathuradas Vissanji | | alt = Sir Mathuradas Vissanji | ||
| birth_date = 18 March 1916 | | birth_date = 18 March 1916 | ||
| birth_place = [[Mumbai, Maharashtra]] | | birth_place = [[Mumbai, Maharashtra]] | ||
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| occupation = businessman, politician, philanthrophist | | occupation = businessman, politician, philanthrophist | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''Mathuradas Vissanji''' | '''Sir Mathuradas Vissanji''' (1916-1949) was an Indian businessman, politician and philanthropist. | ||
== Life == | == Life == | ||
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He was born on 18 March 1916 in [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.laindian.com/seattle/historicaleventdetails.asp?id=3809|title=Today in Indian History - Pratapsinh Mathuradas Vissanji, great industrialist, was born at Bombay.|website=www.laindian.com}}</ref> | He was born on 18 March 1916 in [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.laindian.com/seattle/historicaleventdetails.asp?id=3809|title=Today in Indian History - Pratapsinh Mathuradas Vissanji, great industrialist, was born at Bombay.|website=www.laindian.com}}</ref> | ||
He died on 22 December 1949.<ref name="auto1">{{cite web|url=https://www.vissanjiacademy.com/newsletter/2017/December.pdf |title=Newsletter |publisher=www.vissanjiacademy.com |date=2017 | | He died on 22 December 1949.<ref name="auto1">{{cite web|url=https://www.vissanjiacademy.com/newsletter/2017/December.pdf |title=Newsletter |publisher=www.vissanjiacademy.com |date=2017 |access-date=2021-05-09}}</ref> | ||
== Career == | == Career == | ||
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=== Business career === | === Business career === | ||
He has been described as a visionary of the textile industry. He founded the Wallace Mills Company, a family owned textile business, which is today managed by his grandson Hemant Vissanji.<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/sir-mathuradas-vasanji-road-tribute-to-the-common-mans-silent-benefactor-in-pre-independence-era-4934826/|title=Sir Mathuradas Vasanji Road: Tribute to the common | He has been described as a visionary of the textile industry. He founded the Wallace Mills Company, a family owned textile business, which is today managed by his grandson Hemant Vissanji.<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/sir-mathuradas-vasanji-road-tribute-to-the-common-mans-silent-benefactor-in-pre-independence-era-4934826/|title=Sir Mathuradas Vasanji Road: Tribute to the common man's silent benefactor in pre-Independence era|date=November 13, 2017}}</ref> The Vissanji family also owned the Bombay Burmah Trading Company which is worth over 1 billion $USD today. | ||
He was the very first President of the [[Cotton Corporation of India|Cotton | He was the very first President of the [[Cotton Corporation of India|Cotton Association of India]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.caionline.in/pages/office-bearers|title=Cotton Association of India|website=www.caionline.in}}</ref> | ||
=== Political career === | === Political career === | ||
He was elected to the [[Bombay Legislative Assembly]] in 1935.<ref name="auto"/><ref name="auto2">{{cite | He was elected to the [[Bombay Legislative Assembly]] in 1935.<ref name="auto"/><ref name="auto2">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=616JCwAAQBAJ&dq=mathuradas+vissanji+elected&pg=PT356|title=Imperialism, Nationalism and the Making of the Indian Capitalist Class, 1920-1947|first=Aditya|last=Mukherjee|date=June 1, 2002|publisher=SAGE Publications India|isbn=9789351500261|via=Google Books}}</ref> | ||
In the [[1934 Indian general election]], he was elected to the [[Central Legislative Assembly]].<ref name="auto"/><ref name="auto2"/> | In the [[1934 Indian general election]], he was elected to the [[Central Legislative Assembly]].<ref name="auto"/><ref name="auto2"/> | ||
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He established the Vissanji Academy, a charitable school that still functions till this day.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/school-notes-vissanji-academy-completes-50-years/|title=School notes: Vissanji Academy completes 50 years|date=July 29, 2013}}</ref> The school is today managed by his son Pratapsinh Vissanji.<ref name="auto1"/> | He established the Vissanji Academy, a charitable school that still functions till this day.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/school-notes-vissanji-academy-completes-50-years/|title=School notes: Vissanji Academy completes 50 years|date=July 29, 2013}}</ref> The school is today managed by his son Pratapsinh Vissanji.<ref name="auto1"/> | ||
== Awards and | == Awards and honours == | ||
At the [[1943 Birthday Honours]] of King [[George VI]], he was conferred with a knighthood. His name was thus published as Sir Mathuradas Vissanji by the [[London Gazette]] from then on.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/36162/page/3981/data.pdf |title=London Gazette|date=7 September 1943 |website=www.thegazette.co.uk | At the [[1943 Birthday Honours]] of King [[George VI]], he was conferred with a knighthood. His name was thus published as Sir Mathuradas Vissanji by the [[London Gazette]] from then on.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/36162/page/3981/data.pdf |title=London Gazette|date=7 September 1943 |website=www.thegazette.co.uk|access-date=2021-05-09}}</ref><ref name="auto1"/> | ||
He has also received | He has also received an honorary Doctorate of Literature (D.Litt.) from the [[Benares Hindu University]].<ref name="auto"/> | ||
In 1940, he became an honorary [[Sheriff of Mumbai]].<ref name="auto"/> | In 1940, he became an honorary [[Sheriff of Mumbai]].<ref name="auto"/> | ||
== Family == | |||
Sir Mathuradas Vissanji's son was a prominent Indian industrialist, his granddaughter Panna Khatau was married to [[Sunit Khatau]], a member of the [[Khatau]] business family. | |||
== See also == | == See also == | ||
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| after = T. Sinclair Kennedy | | after = T. Sinclair Kennedy | ||
}} | }} | ||
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