Industrialist
Alamohan Das (1895–1969) was a famous pioneering industrialist and politician.
Early life
Hailing from a poor peasant family in Khila-Baruipur, Howrah district[2] of West Bengal, India, he had little education as a child. He started his business career when he was just 14 years old selling parched rice, small things, but gradually switched over to industrial items. He established the industrial township of Dasnagar in the Howrah district.[3] In 1948, he established 'Khila Gopimohan Siksha Sadan', an educational institution near his locality.
India Machinery Co.
In 1930, he founded the India Machinery Co., which, according to Government reports, was one of the few companies that produced machines of grade 1 category. Amongst the products of the company were lathes, weighing machines, textile manufacturing machines, and printing machines.[4] In 1937 he started Bharat Jute Mill.[5]
Political career
In independent India's first election in 1951, he won a seat in the West Bengal state assembly, contesting as an independent candidate from Amta (Vidhan Sabha constituency).[6]
References
- ↑ Sengupta, Subodh Chandra and Bose, Anjali (editors), (1976), Samsad Bangali Charitabhidhan (Biographical dictionary), Template:In lang, p 46
- ↑ A Nagar Named After Him.
- ↑ Samsad Bangali Charitbhidhan (in Bengali), p. 33
- ↑ Business History of India{{#if:Chittabrata Palit, Pranjal Kumar Bhattacharyya|, Chittabrata Palit, Pranjal Kumar Bhattacharyya}
- ↑ A nagar named after him. The Telegraph, 16 May 2014.
- ↑ Statistical Reports of Elections. Election Commission of India.
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