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'''Sir Jehangir Ghandy''' [[Order of the Indian Empire|CIE]], Assoc. [[Venerable Order of St. John|CStJ]] (18 November 1896 – 17 April 1972) was an Indian businessperson who is credited with building [[Tata Steel]] at [[Jamshedpur]]. He was awarded [[Padma Bhushan]] in 1958.<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 |year=2015 |access-date=21 July 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6U68ulwpb?url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 November 2014 }}</ref> Invested as a Companion of the [[Order of the Indian Empire]] (CIE) in 1941, he was [[Knight]]ed in 1945.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=35184|supp=y|page=3286|date=6 June 1941}}</ref><ref>{{London Gazette|issue=36866|supp=y|page=3|date=29 December 1945}}</ref> He was made an Honorary [[Lt. Col.]] in the [[Territorial Army (India)|Territorial Army]] in 1952 and an [[Honorary colonel]] in April 1957.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.tatacentralarchives.com/history/biographies/11%20jjgandhy.htm |title=Archived copy |access-date=10 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120317181845/http://www.tatacentralarchives.com/history/biographies/11%20jjgandhy.htm |archive-date=17 March 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 1964, [[Columbia University]] conferred on him the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Laws on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Graduate School of Business.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tatacentralarchives.com/tata-legacy/luminaries.html|title=Tata Luminaries {{!}} Tata Central Archives|website=www.tatacentralarchives.com|access-date=1 June 2018}}</ref><br />
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