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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Indian entrepreneur (1929–2018)}}<br />
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{{Infobox person<br />
| name = Kapil Mohan<br />
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| caption = Mohan at office photoshoot<br />
| birth_date = 16 July 1929<br />
| birth_place = India<br />
| death_date = 6 January 2018<br />
| death_place = Narinder Mohan Hospital, Mohan Nagar, [[Ghaziabad district, India|Ghaziabad]]<br />
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| occupation = Entrepreneur<br />
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| spouse = Pushpa Mohan<br />
| known for = [[Old Monk]] Rum, Solan No.1, and Golden Eagle<br />
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| children = 1<ref name="Money Control">{{cite web | url=http://www.moneycontrol.com/annual-report/mohanmeakin/notes-to-account/MML01 | title=Money Control | publisher=Money Control | date=2010 | accessdate=10 October 2015}}</ref><br />
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| awards = [[Padma Shri]]<br/>[[Vishisht Seva Medal]]<br />
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'''Kapil Mohan''' was an Indian [[Entrepreneurship|entrepreneur]] and the chairman and managing director of [[Mohan Meakin]], a brewer and distiller based in [[Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh|Ghaziabad]].<ref name="M">{{cite web | url=http://www.mohanmeakin.com/index.php | title=Official web site of Mohan Meakin | publisher=Mohan Meakin | date=2014 | accessdate=21 December 2014}}</ref><ref name="Business Week">{{cite web | url=http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=25020597&privcapId=20356817 | archive-url=https://archive.today/20141221145009/http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=25020597&privcapId=20356817 | url-status=dead | archive-date=21 December 2014 | title=Business Week | publisher=Business Week | date=2014 | accessdate=21 December 2014}}</ref> He was a recipient of the [[Vishisht Seva Medal]] and had served as a [[brigadier]] until the time of his retirement from the [[Indian Armed Forces]].<ref name="Naukri">{{cite web | url=http://www.naukri.com/gpw/mohan/ | title=Naukri | publisher=Naukri | date=2014 | accessdate=21 December 2014 | archive-date=21 December 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141221173815/http://www.naukri.com/gpw/mohan/ | url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
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== Education and work ==<br />
Holder of a doctoral degree (PhD) and a former managing director of Trade Links Private Limited (1956-1966), Mohan was also a director of other group companies such as Arthos Breweries Limited, Mohan Rocky Springwater Breweries Limited, Sagar Sugars and Allied Products Limited, R. R. B. Energy Limited and Solchrome Systems India Limited.<ref name="Business Week" /> He was also the patron of General Mohyal Brahman Sabha, an organisation of the [[Brahman]] community of Punjab.<ref name="NDTV.com">{{Cite news|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/kapil-mohan-5-facts-about-the-man-behind-the-iconic-rum-old-monk-1797837|title=Kapil Mohan: 5 Facts About The Man Behind The Iconic Rum, Old Monk|work=NDTV.com|access-date=2018-01-31}}</ref><br />
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== Personal life ==<br />
Mohan was married to Pushpa Mohan.<ref name="NDTV.com"/> Mohan was unwell over the last few years of his life, and had handed over day-to-day functioning of the various companies to his nephews, Hemant and Vinay Mohan.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/kapil-mohan-the-man-who-kept-traditions-alive-at-mohan-meakin-passes-away-118010900035_1.html|title=Kapil Mohan, the man who kept traditions alive at Mohan Meakin passes away|last=Subramanian|first=N. Sundaresha|date=9 January 2018|work=Business Standard India|access-date=2018-01-09}}</ref> <br />
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== Awards ==<br />
He was honoured by the [[Government of India]], in 2010, with the fourth-highest Indian civilian award of [[Padma Shri]].<ref name="Padma Shri">{{cite web |date=2014 |title=Padma Shri |url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |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 |accessdate=11 November 2014 |publisher=Padma Shri}}</ref><br />
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== Death ==<br />
He died due to cardiac arrest on 6 January 2018.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Kapil Mohan, man behind 'Old Monk', dies at 88 |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/kapil-mohan-creator-of-old-monk-dies-at-88-reports/articleshow/62424416.cms |access-date=2018-01-09 |work=The Times of India}}</ref><br />
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* {{cite web | url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/padma-awards-2010/haobam-ongbi-ngangbi-devi/slideshow/5771428.cms | title=Economic Times | publisher=Economic Times | date=2010 | accessdate=18 December 2014}}<br />
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[[Category:Recipients of the Padma Shri in trade and industry]]<br />
[[Category:Businesspeople from Uttar Pradesh]]<br />
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