Ghanshamdas Birla: A Builder of Modern India

by Yagya Sharma (Story), Anant Pai (Editor)

Ghanshyamdas Birla was a great son of India. There is hardly an aspect of national life which he did not enrich by his business acumen, patriotic fervor and philanthropy born of his deep personal attachment to Mahatma Gandhi. He gave substantial financial aid to the Mahatma's constructive programmes. Ghanshyamdas Birla was also closely associated with other important leaders of his time, such as Lokamanya Tilak, Motilal Nehru, Madan Mohan Malaviya, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and Jawaharlal Nehru.

32 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 1987

Reviews

[Aruna Kumar Gadepalli · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book deals with the biography of G.D. Birla.

[Yash Sharma · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ghanshyamdas Birla, A Builder of Modern India, tells us the story of the founder of the Birla Group, who was not only a visionary industrialist and philanthropist but also had a unique bond with Mahatma Gandhi. Born in 1894 in Pilani, Rajasthan, GD Birla showed his business acumen at the young age of thirteen when he started his independent jute trade. Later on, he created factories like the Hindustan Aluminium Corporation, the Gwalior Rayon, and the United Commercial Bank, etc. Other than this, GD Birla also contributed to the construction of many temples across India and financially supported educational institutions like the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) and the Banaras Hindu University (BHU) and scientists like C.V. Raman. Ghanshyamdas Birla also established the Birla Institute of Technology and Science in Pilani, the ancestral village of the Birlas. For his great contributions to India in the year 1957, GD Birla was awarded the Padma Vibhushan. Although on June 11, 1983, in London, Ghanshyamdas Birla breathed his last.

[Rubin Mathias · Rating 2 out of 5]

A propaganda pamphlet for the Bombay Plan.

[Ravi Kumar Dandapani]

nice