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{{Short description|Indian industrialist (died 2022)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}}
{{Use Indian English|date=April 2025}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Irshad Mirza
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| birth_place = [[Kanpur]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], India
| death_date = 4 December 2022
| death_place = [[Kanpur]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], India
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| alma_mater = [[Aligarh Muslim University]]
| occupation = [[Industrialist]], Entrepreneur
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| known for = Co-founder of Mirza International
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| website = {{URL|mirza.co.in}}
| awards = [[Padma Shri]]
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'''Irshad Mirza''' (died 4 December 2022) was an Indian industrialist and the executive chairman of Mirza International group of companies.<ref name=prabhatkhabar>{{cite news |title=कानपुर के प्रसिद्ध चर्म निर्यातक इरशाद मिर्जा का निधन |url=https://www.prabhatkhabar.com/state/up/kanpurs-famous-leather-exporter-irshad-mirza-passed-away-uttar-pradesh-latest-news-sht |access-date=13 June 2023 |agency=Prabhat Khabar Digital Desk |publisher=www.prabhatkhabar.com |date=4 Dec 2022 |archive-date=9 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221209075838/https://www.prabhatkhabar.com/state/up/kanpurs-famous-leather-exporter-irshad-mirza-passed-away-uttar-pradesh-latest-news-sht |url-status=live }}</ref> He was awarded the fourth-highest Indian civilian award of [[Padma Shri]] by the [[Government of India]] in 2010, for his outstanding contribution in the field of trade and industry.<ref name="Padma Awards"/><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Milli Gazette |url=https://www.milligazette.com/Archives/15012001/Art18.htm |access-date=2023-06-16 |website=www.milligazette.com |archive-date=2017-03-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170315145740/http://www.milligazette.com/Archives/15012001/Art18.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Biography==
In 1979, Mirza founded 'Mirza Tanners Private Limited' for manufacturing finished leather at [[Magarwara]] near [[Kanpur]]. He was a former chairman of the Uttar Pradesh State Minority Commission.<ref name=prabhatkhabar/><ref name="yapnews"/> He was an alumnus of the [[Aligarh Muslim University]] and a former member of the University Court.{{citation needed|date=April 2025}}

==Death==
Mirza died from an illness at the age of 95 on 4 December 2022 at a [[Regency Hospital, Kanpur]].<ref>{{cite news |title=देश के मशहूर चर्म निर्यातक मिर्जा इन्टरनेशनल के चेयरमैन इर्शाद मिर्जा नहीं रहे, कानपुर में शौक कि लहर। |url=https://www.livehindustan.com/uttar-pradesh/story-irshad-mirza-chairman-of-the-country-famous-leather-exporter-mirza-international-is-no-more-a-wave-of-mourning-in-kanpur-7442423.html |access-date=13 June 2023 |publisher=Hindustan Hindi News |date=4 Dec 2022 |archive-date=13 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230613163116/https://www.livehindustan.com/uttar-pradesh/story-irshad-mirza-chairman-of-the-country-famous-leather-exporter-mirza-international-is-no-more-a-wave-of-mourning-in-kanpur-7442423.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="yapnews">{{cite news |title=Kanpur News: Kanpur's famous leather exporter Irshad Mirza passed away, will be handed over today evening |url=https://yapnews.in/kanpur-news-kanpurs-famous-leather-exporter-irshad-mirza-passed-away-will-be-handed-over-today-evening/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=yapnews |date=4 Dec 2022 |archive-date=13 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230613165127/https://yapnews.in/kanpur-news-kanpurs-famous-leather-exporter-irshad-mirza-passed-away-will-be-handed-over-today-evening/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Exporter of finished leather goods Padma Shri Irshad Mirza passes away. |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kanpur/exporter-of-finished-leather-goods-padma-shri-irshad-mirza-passes-away/articleshow/95990331.cms#:~:text=Irshad%20Mirza%20was%20a%20recipient%20of%20many%20awards%2C,Commission.%20He%20founded%20company%20Mirza%20International%20in%201979. |access-date=13 June 2023 |date=5 Dec 2022 |archive-date=13 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230613163234/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kanpur/exporter-of-finished-leather-goods-padma-shri-irshad-mirza-passes-away/articleshow/95990331.cms#:~:text=Irshad%20Mirza%20was%20a%20recipient%20of%20many%20awards%2C,Commission.%20He%20founded%20company%20Mirza%20International%20in%201979. |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Awards and recognition==
In year 2010, government of India awarded Mirza the Padma Shri award for his work in the field of Trade and Industry.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web |url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |date=2015 |accessdate=21 July 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archivedate=15 October 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=List of Padma awardees 2010 |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/List-of-Padma-awardees-2010/article16839604.ece |access-date=13 June 2023 |agency=www.thehindu.com |date=26 Jan 2010 |archive-date=3 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230603042938/http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/List-of-Padma-awardees-2010/article16839604.ece |url-status=live }}</ref> His name has also appeared in [[Forbes]] magazine's list of influential industrialists.<ref name="yapnews"/><ref>{{cite news |title=कानपुर के मशहूर चमड़ा निर्यातक इरशाद मिर्जा का निधन, उद्योग जगत में शोक |url=https://navbharattimes.indiatimes.com/state/uttar-pradesh/kanpur/kanpur-famous-leather-exporter-mirza-international-chairman-irshad-mirza-passed-away/articleshow/95979837.cms |access-date=13 June 2023 |publisher=navbharattimes |date=4 Dec 2022 |archive-date=9 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221209145117/https://navbharattimes.indiatimes.com/state/uttar-pradesh/kanpur/kanpur-famous-leather-exporter-mirza-international-chairman-irshad-mirza-passed-away/articleshow/95979837.cms |url-status=live }}</ref>

==References==
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{{Padma Shri Award Recipients in Trade & Industry}}

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[[Category:People from Kanpur]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian businesspeople]]
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[[Category:Leather industry in India]]
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[[Category:Aligarh Muslim University alumni]]

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