Mathuradas Vissanji

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Sir Mathuradas Vissanji
Born18 March 1916
Mumbai, Maharashtra
Occupationbusinessman, politician, philanthrophist

Sir Mathuradas Vissanji (1916-1949) was an Indian businessman, politician and philanthropist.

Life[edit]

He was born on 18 March 1916 in Mumbai, Maharashtra.[1]

He died on 22 December 1949.[2]

Career[edit]

Business career[edit]

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.[3] 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 Association of India.[4]

Political career[edit]

He was elected to the Bombay Legislative Assembly in 1935.[3][5]

In the 1934 Indian general election, he was elected to the Central Legislative Assembly.[3][5]

Philanthrophy[edit]

He founded the Andheri Education Society.[3]

He established the Vissanji Academy, a charitable school that still functions till this day.[6] The school is today managed by his son Pratapsinh Vissanji.[2]

Awards and honours[edit]

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.[7][2]

He has also received an honorary Doctorate of Literature (D.Litt.) from the Benares Hindu University.[3]

In 1940, he became an honorary Sheriff of Mumbai.[3]

Family[edit]

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[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ "Today in Indian History - Pratapsinh Mathuradas Vissanji, great industrialist, was born at Bombay". www.laindian.com.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Newsletter" (PDF). www.vissanjiacademy.com. 2017. Retrieved 2021-05-09.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 "Sir Mathuradas Vasanji Road: Tribute to the common man's silent benefactor in pre-Independence era". November 13, 2017.
  4. ↑ "Cotton Association of India". www.caionline.in.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Mukherjee, Aditya (June 1, 2002). Imperialism, Nationalism and the Making of the Indian Capitalist Class, 1920-1947. SAGE Publications India. ISBN 9789351500261 – via Google Books.
  6. ↑ "School notes: Vissanji Academy completes 50 years". July 29, 2013.
  7. ↑ "London Gazette" (PDF). www.thegazette.co.uk. 7 September 1943. Retrieved 2021-05-09.

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Preceded by
Inaugural holder 		President of Cotton Association of India
1921 - 1922 		Succeeded by
Purshottamdas Thakurdas
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Preceded by
Phiroze C. Bharucha 		Honorary Sheriff of Mumbai
1940 		Succeeded by
T. Sinclair Kennedy
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