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'''Loumia Hiridjee''' (1 March 1962 – 26 November 2008) was a French businesswoman and co-founder of international [[lingerie]] brand ''Princesse Tam Tam''. Hiridjee was born in [[Antananarivo]], [[Madagascar]], where she grew up in a family of wealthy [[India]]n traders. In 1972 she joined her sister Sharma at a boarding school in [[France]]. In 1985 together they founded the ''Princesse Tam Tam'' brand (named after a 1935 [[Princess Tam Tam|film]] starring [[Josephine Baker]]).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/france_159/label-france_2554/themes_3713/they-have-chosen-france_5674/loumia-hiridjee-undresses-france_9275.html |title=Loumia Hiridjee undresses France |last=Marsaud |first=Olivia |website=[[Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs]] |access-date=1 October 2018 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071018074749/http://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/france_159/label-france_2554/themes_3713/they-have-chosen-france_5674/loumia-hiridjee-undresses-france_9275.html |archive-date=18 October 2007}}</ref> Hiridjee and her husband Mourad Amarsy were dining at the [[Oberoi Trident]] hotel in [[Mumbai]], when they were shot and killed by armed attackers during the [[November 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Mumbai_French_lingerie_mogul_killed/articleshow/3771005.cms |title=French lingerie mogul, hubby killed in Mumbai attacks |date=29 November 2008 |newspaper=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=1 October 2018 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081203232315/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Mumbai_French_lingerie_mogul_killed/articleshow/3771005.cms |archive-date=3 December 2008}}</ref>