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{{Short description|Anglo-Indian transnational conglomerate based in Mumbai}}{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2018}}
{{Use British English|date=April 2012}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Hinduja Group
| logo = Hinduja Group Logo.svg
| logo_size = 200px
| type = [[Private Company|Private]]
| foundation = {{Start date and age|1914|}}
| founder = [[Parmanand Hinduja|Parmanand Deepchand Hinduja]]
| location = [[London, England]], [[United Kingdom]]
| area_served = Worldwide
| key_people = {{plainlist|
*[[S. P. Hinduja]]<br/>{{small|(chairman)}}
*Ashok Hinduja<br/>{{small|(chairman, India)}}
}}
| revenue = {{Profit}} {{USD}}100 billion (2021)<ref>http://www.4-traders.com/HINDUJA-GLOBAL-SOLUTIONS-9743638/financials/</ref>
| industry = [[Conglomerate (company)|Conglomerate]]
| products = {{plainlist|
*[[Automotive]]
*[[Financial services]]
*[[ITES]]
*[[Oil and Gas]]
*Media
*Telecom
*[[Hinduja Healthcare Limited|Healthcare]]
}}
| operating_income =
| net_income =
| num_employees = 150,000+<ref name=company>{{cite web |title=Hinduja Group |publisher=Hinduja Group |url=http://hindujagroup.com |access-date=19 September 2020}}</ref>
| owner = Hinduja family
| subsid =
| homepage = {{URL|http://hindujagroup.com/}}
}}

'''Hinduja Group''' is an Anglo-Indian transnational [[Conglomerate (company)|conglomerate]] based in [[Mumbai|Mumbai, India]] and headquartered in [[London|London, United Kingdom]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/1001Z:IN|title=Hinduja Group Ltd|website=www.bloomberg.com}}</ref> The group is present in eleven sectors including Automotives, Oil and Specialty Chemicals, Banking & Finance, IT & ITeS, Cyber Security, Healthcare, Trading, Infrastructure Project Development, Media & Entertainment, Power, Real Estate.They have investments all around the world . Hinduja Brothers have investments over 40 billion dollar in America. Hinduja Brothers have around 100 billion dollar of assets all around the world.<ref>{{cite news|title=Who are the Hinduja brothers|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/who-sri-gopi-hinduja-brothers-10372393|access-date=8 May 2017|publisher=The Mirror|date=7 May 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://indiancompanies.in/hinduja-group-of-companies-family-list-of-subsidiaries/ |title=Hinduja Group of Companies – List of Subsidiaries}}</ref>

==History==
The company was founded in 1914 by [[Parmanand Hinduja|Parmanand Deepchand Hinduja]], who was from a [[Sindhis|Sindhi]] family based in India.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thenational.ae/business/hinduja-a-relatively-successful-billionaire|title=Hinduja, a 'relatively' successful billionaire|work=The National|date=24 December 2010|access-date=5 August 2016|first=Farah|last=Halime|quote=The family's success began with their father, Parmanand, who came from the Sindh province of what is now Pakistan...}}</ref> Initially operating in Shikapur (erstwhile Pakistan) and [[Mumbai]], India, he set up the company's first international operation in Iran in 1919. The headquarters of the group remained in Iran until 1979, when the [[Islamic Revolution]] forced it to move to Europe.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Podcast {{!}} The business of family — The Hindujas|url=https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/podcast-the-business-of-family-the-hindujas-2732971.html|access-date=2020-06-10|website=Moneycontrol}}</ref>

Group Chairman [[S. P. Hinduja|Srichand Hinduja]] and his brother [[Gopichand Hinduja|Gopichand]], also Co-Chairman, moved to London in 1979 to develop the export business; the third brother [[Prakash Hinduja|Prakash]] manages the group's operations in [[Geneva]], Switzerland while the youngest brother, Ashok, oversees the Indian interests. The brothers are all [[Bhakti yoga|devout Hindu]], vegetarian and teetotallers, and dress in similar ways, with a preference for black suits and round glasses.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/this-is-dynasty-indianstyle-1323548.html|title=This is Dynasty, Indian-style|author=Tim McGirk|date=12 January 1996|work=The Independent}}</ref>

The group employs over 150,000 people and has offices in many major cities around the world including in India.<ref name=company/> In 2017, Srichand and Gopichand Hinduja were described as the wealthiest men in Britain with an estimated wealth of £16.2 billion in the [[Sunday Times Rich List 2017|''Sunday Times'' Rich List 2017]].<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.hindustantimes.com/business-news/hinduja-brothers-stay-on-top-of-uk-rich-list/story-MEX4oShlu1WdNS7uElnzNP.html| title = Hinduja brothers stay on top of UK rich list| author = Sonwalkar, Prasun| date = 7 May 2017| access-date = 7 May 2017| publisher = Hindusthan Times}}</ref>

In 2015, at [[The Asian Awards]], the Hinduja brothers were honoured with the Business Leader of the Year Award.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/asian-awards-2015-winners-star-studded-5540464|title=Asian Awards 2015: All the winners from the star-studded bash|first=Charlotte|last=Wareing|date=17 April 2015|work=Daily Mirror}}</ref> Ashok Hinduja was felicitated with the ABLF Global Asian Award at the UAE Government-backed Asian Business Leadership Forum in 2017.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ashok Hinduja Felicitated With ABLF GLOBAL ASIAN AWARD at the UAE Government Backed Asian Business Leadership Forum |url=https://www.businesswireindia.com/ashok-hinduja-felicitated-with-ablf-global-asian-award-at-the-uae-government-backed-asian-business-leadership-forum-60239.html |website=www.businesswireindia.com}}</ref> OneOTT Intertainment Limited (OIL), the Media Vertical arm of Hinduja Group, was awarded the 2019 Innovation Leaders award by Telecomlead.com.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lead |first1=Telecom |title=Winners of TelecomLead.com Innovation Leaders 2019 award |url=https://www.telecomlead.com/in-depth/winners-of-telecomlead-com-innovation-leaders-2019-award-92566 |work=TelecomLead |date=14 October 2019}}</ref>

==Hinduja Group companies==
[[File:Hinduja Hospital, Mahim, Mumbai.jpg|thumb|[[Hinduja National Hospital|Hinduja National Hospital, Mumbai]]]]
[[File:Hinduja Hospital's mobile clinic.jpg|thumb|[[Hinduja National Hospital]]'s mobile clinics built on [[Ashok Leyland]] platforms]]
* Hinduja Housing Finance Ltd,..
* [[Ashok Leyland]]
** [[Optare]]
* Ashok Leyland Foundries – a division of Ashok Leyland, also known as Hinduja Foundries
* [[P.D. Hinduja National Hospital and Medical Research Centre]]
* [[Hinduja Healthcare Limited]]
* [[Hinduja bank|Hinduja Bank (Switzerland) Ltd]] (formerly Amas Bank)
* [[IndusInd Bank]]
* Hinduja Leyland Finance Ltd
* Hinduja Global Solutions Ltd
* GOCL Corporation Ltd
* [[Gulf Oil|Gulf Oil International Ltd]]
* Gulf Oil Lubricants India Limited
* Quaker-Houghton International Ltd
* Gulf Oil Middle East Ltd
* Hinduja National Power Corporation Ltd
* Hinduja Renewables Energy Private Ltd
* Hinduja Realty Ventures Ltd
* Hinduja Group India Limited
* [[K. P. B. Hinduja College of Commerce|KPB Hinduja College of Commerce]]
* NxtDigital Ltd (formerly Hinduja Ventures Ltd) – includes Nxtdigital Hits, OneOTT iNtertainment Ltd, INE, and INDigital
* Cyqurex Systems Private Limited
* British Metal Corporation (India) Pvt Ltd
* Hinduja Investments and Project Services Ltd

==Controversy==

===Bofors scandal===
{{Main|Bofors scandal}}
Srichand, Gopichand and Prakash Hinduja were connected with the investigation into the [[Bofors scandal]], in which Swedish firm [[Bofors]] was alleged to have paid illegal bribes to government officials and politicians in connection with the {{USD}}1.3 billion sale of 400 [[howitzers]] to the Indian Government in 1986. The three brothers were charged by the Indian [[Central Bureau of Investigation]] in October 2000,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/964191.stm|title=BBC News - SOUTH ASIA - Bofors charges against Hindujas}}</ref> but in 2005 the High Court in Delhi threw out all charges against them, citing a lack of evidence and saying that documents central to the prosecution case were "useless and dubious" since their provenance could not be verified. Judge RS Sodhi said: "I must express my disapproval that 14 years of trial and {{INRConvert|2.5|b}} of public money was spent on the case. It has caused huge economical, emotional, professional and personal loss to the Hindujas."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/2474787.stm|title=BBC NEWS - South Asia - Q&A: Hinduja Bofors case}}</ref>

===2001 Hinduja affair===
In January 2001, it was revealed that UK government Minister [[Peter Mandelson]] had telephoned [[Home Office]] minister [[Mike O'Brien (UK politician)|Mike O'Brien]] on behalf of Srichand Hinduja, who was at the time seeking British citizenship, and whose family firm was to become the main sponsor of the "Faith Zone" in the [[Millennium Dome]]. Consequently, on 24 January 2001 Mandelson resigned from the Government for a second time,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/1134819.stm |title=BBC News | SOUTH ASIA | Mandelson resigns over Hinduja affair |publisher=News.bbc.co.uk |date= 24 January 2001|access-date=3 October 2008}}</ref><ref>{{London Gazette|issue=56106 |page=1223|date=31 January 2001
}}</ref> insisting he had done nothing wrong. An independent enquiry by Sir Anthony Hammond came to the conclusion that neither Mandelson nor anyone else had acted improperly.

In January 2001, immigration minister [[Barbara Roche]] revealed in a written Commons reply that [[Keith Vaz]], [[Member of Parliament]] for [[Leicester East (UK Parliament constituency)|Leicester East]] and at the time a [[Foreign Office]] minister, and other MPs, had also contacted the [[Home Office]] about the Hinduja brothers, saying that Vaz had made inquiries about when a decision on their application for citizenship could be expected.<ref>{{cite news | last = Grice | first = Andrew | title = MPs to quiz Mandelson on passport for Hinduja | work = [[The Independent]] | date = 22 January 2001 | url = https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/mps-to-quiz-mandelson-on-passport-for-hinduja-702939.html | location=London}}</ref>

On 25 January, Vaz became the focus of Opposition questions about the Hinduja affair and many parliamentary questions were tabled, demanding that he fully disclose his role. Vaz said via a [[Foreign Office]] spokesman that he would be "fully prepared" to answer questions put to him by Sir Anthony Hammond QC who had been asked by the Prime Minister to carry out an inquiry into the affair. Vaz said that he had known the Hinduja brothers for some time; he had been present when the charitable Hinduja Foundation was set up in 1993, and had also delivered a speech in 1998 when the brothers invited Tony and [[Cherie Blair]] to a [[Diwali]] celebration.<ref>{{cite news | last = Sengupta| first = Kim | title = Vaz sidesteps questions on links with Hindujas | work = [[The Independent]] | date = 26 January 2001 | url = https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/vaz-sidesteps-questions-on-links-with-hindujas-704370.html | location=London}}</ref>

On 26 January 2001, [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]] [[Tony Blair]] was accused of prejudicing the independent inquiry into the Hinduja passport affair, after he declared that Keith Vaz had not done "anything wrong". On the same day, Vaz told reporters that they would "regret" their behaviour once the facts of the case were revealed. "Some of you are going to look very foolish when this report comes out. Some of the stuff you said about Peter, and about others and me, you'll regret very much when the facts come out," he said. When asked why the passport application of one of the Hinduja brothers had been processed more quickly than normal, being processed and sanctioned in six months when the process can take up to two years, he replied, "It is not unusual."<ref>{{cite news | last = Waugh | first = Paul |author2=Kim Sengupta | title = Vaz defiant over his role in Hinduja passport scandal | work = [[The Independent]] | date = 27 January 2001 | url = https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/vaz-defiant-over-his-role-in-hinduja-passport-scandal-704469.html | location=London}}</ref>

On 29 January, the government confirmed that the Hinduja Foundation had held a reception for Vaz in September 1999 to celebrate his appointment as the first Asian Minister in recent times. The party was not listed by Vaz in the House of Commons Register of Members' Interests and [[John Redwood]], then head of the Conservative Parliamentary Campaigns Unit, questioned Vaz's judgement in accepting the hospitality.<ref>{{cite news | last = Woolf | first = Marie | title = Hindujas held party to celebrate Vaz being appointed a minister | work = [[The Independent]] | date = 30 January 2001 | url = https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/hindujas-held-party-to-celebrate-vaz-being-appointed-a-minister-704847.html | location=London}}</ref>

In March, Vaz was ordered to fully co-operate with a new inquiry launched into his financial affairs by [[Elizabeth Filkin]], who was [[Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards]] at the time. [[Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs|Foreign Secretary]] [[Robin Cook]], Vaz's superior, also urged him to fully answer allegations about his links with the Hinduja brothers. Mr Vaz met Mrs Filkin on 20 March to discuss a complaint that the Hinduja Foundation had given the sum of £1,200 to Mapesbury Communications, a company run by his wife, in return for helping to organise a Hinduja-sponsored reception at the House of Commons. Vaz had previously denied receiving money from the Hindujas, but insisted that he made no personal gain from the transaction in question.<ref>{{cite news | last = Woolf| first = Marie | title = Filkin launches new investigation into cash links between Vaz and Hindujas | work = [[The Independent]] | date = 22 March 2001 | url = https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/filkin-launches-new-investigation-into-cash-links-between-vaz-and-hindujas-688445.html | location=London}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | last = Grice | first = Andrew |author2=Stephen Castle | title = Downing Street orders Vaz to help inquiry | work = [[The Independent]] | date = 24 March 2001 | url = https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/downing-street-orders-vaz-to-help-inquiry-688728.html | location=London}}</ref>

In June 2001, Vaz admitted that he had made representations during the [[Hinduja brothers]]' applications for British citizenship while a backbench MP. Tony Blair also admitted that Vaz had "made representations" on behalf of other Asians.<ref>{{Citation | last = George | first = Jones | last2 = Womack | first2 = Sarah | title = Vaz admits greater role over Hinduja passport | newspaper = [[The Daily Telegraph]] | date = 19 June 2001 | url = https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1319668/Vaz-admits-greater-role-over-Hinduja-passport.html | location=London}}</ref> On 11 June 2001 Vaz was dismissed from his post as Europe Minister, to be replaced by [[Peter Hain]]. The Prime Minister's office said that Vaz had written to Tony Blair stating he wished to stand down for health reasons.<ref>{{cite news | last = Woolf | first = Marie |author2=Andrew Morris | title = After months of claims and counter claims, Vaz is finally sacked as Minister for Europe | work = [[The Independent]] | date = 12 June 2001 | url = https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/after-months-of-claims-and-counter-claims-vaz-is-finally-sacked-as-minister-for-europe-673703.html | location=London}}</ref>

In December 2001, Elizabeth Filkin cleared Vaz of failing to register payments to his wife's law firm by the Hinduja brothers, but said that he had colluded with his wife to conceal the payments. Filkin's report said that the payments had been given to his wife for legal advice on immigration issues and concluded that Vaz had gained no direct personal benefit, and that Commons rules did not require him to disclose payments made to his wife. She did, however, criticise him for his secrecy, saying, "It is clear to me there has been deliberate collusion over many months between Mr Vaz and his wife to conceal this fact and to prevent me from obtaining accurate information about his possible financial relationship with the Hinduja family".<ref>{{cite news | last = Wintour | first = Patrick | title = Vaz cleared over Hinduja payments to wife | work = [[The Guardian]] | date = 24 December 2001 | url = https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2001/dec/24/houseofcommons.labour | location=London}}</ref>

===Ashok Leyland===
In February 2005 [[Ashok Leyland]], an India-based flagship company of the brothers' Hinduja Group, announced an agreement to supply 100 army vehicles to the [[Sudan]]ese Defence Ministry. It was alleged by arms campaigner [[Mark Thomas]] that this contravened UK arms export legislation, as a number of the company's directors were UK residents or citizens.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200506/cmselect/cmquad/873/873we12.htm|title=House of Commons - Quadripartite Committee - Written Evidence}}</ref>

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