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Indian businessman
Sir Mathuradas Vissanji
Born18 March 1916
Mumbai, Maharashtra
Died1949
Occupation(s)Businessman, politician

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

Life

He was born on 18 March 1916 in Mumbai, Maharashtra. He died on 22 December 1949.

Career

Business career

He founded the Wallace Mills Company, a family owned textile business, which is today managed by his grandson Hemant Vissanji. The Vissanji family also owned the Bombay Burmah Trading Company which is worth over 1 billion $USD today.

He was the first president of the Cotton Corporation of India.

Political career

He was elected to the Bombay Legislative Assembly in 1935.

In the 1934 Indian general election, he was elected to the Central Legislative Assembly.

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.

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

References

  1. "Today in Indian History - Pratapsinh Mathuradas Vissanji, great industrialist, was born at Bombay". www.laindian.com.
  2. ^ "Newsletter" (PDF). www.vissanjiacademy.com. 2017. Retrieved 2021-05-09.
  3. ^ "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. ^ 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. "London Gazette" (PDF). www.thegazette.co.uk. 7 September 1943. Retrieved 2021-05-09.

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Business positions
Preceded byInaugural holder President of Cotton Association of India
1921 - 1922 		Succeeded byPurshottamdas Thakurdas
Preceded byPhiroze C. Bharucha Honorary Sheriff of Mumbai
1940 		Succeeded byT. Sinclair Kennedy
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