Padampat Singhania

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Padampat Singhania on a 2005 stamp of India

Sir Lala Padampat Singhania (3 February 1905[1] – 18 December 1979)[2][3] was an Indian industrialist and member of the Indian Constituent Assembly. He had been one time, youngest FICCI president during 1935-36.[4]

Biography[edit]

He was born in Kanpur into a prominent Marwari family,[5] the oldest grandson of Lala Juggilal and son of Lala Kamlapat Singhania. His brothers were Kailashpat (who owned Raymonds) and Lakshmipat Singhania.[6]

He was chairman of the JK Mills, part of the J. K. Organisation. He was knighted in the 1943 New Year Honours list,[7] and invested with his knighthood by the Viceroy of India, the Marquess of Linlithgow, at Viceroy's House (now Rashtrapati Bhavan) in New Delhi on 23 February.[8] After independence in 1947, he became a member of the Indian Constituent Assembly and was one of the signatories of the Indian constitution, but chose not to enter politics.[9]

Bibliography[edit]

  • Sir Padampat Singhania: A Man of All Seasons, Niyogi Books, 2011, ISBN 9788189738730 [10]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ Bhushan, Ravi (1975). Famous India, Nation's Who's who. Famous India Publications. p. 172. Retrieved 1 May 2019. Singhania, Sir Padampat ; Industrialist ; b February 3, 1905 Kanpur
  2. ↑ The Times of India Directory and Year Book Including Who's who. 1982. p. 237. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
  3. ↑ Our Founders. jkcotton.com
  4. ↑ Narayanan, Chitra. "The Singhania story". @businessline. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
  5. ↑ Markovits, Claude (2002). Indian Business and Nationalist Politics 1931-39: The Indigenous Capitalist Class and the Rise of the Congress Party. Cambridge University Press. p. 212. ISBN 9780521016827. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
  6. ↑ Ashish K. Mishra, P.R. Sanjai (29 July 2015) Singhania vs Singhania: what went wrong? LiveMint.
  7. ↑ The London Gazette, 1 January 1943
  8. ↑ London Gazette, 23 March 1943
  9. ↑ "What links Tata to Singhania? Singur!" Indian Express. 17 June 2011.
  10. ↑ Apr 26, TNN /; 2011; Ist, 22:26. "Guv releases biography of Padampat Singhania | Kanpur News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 23 March 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)


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