Occupation
Businessman
Businessman
Sir Jehangir Ghandy CIE, Assoc. 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.[1] Invested as a Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire (CIE) in 1941, he was Knighted in 1945.[2][3] He was made an Honorary Lt. Col. in the Territorial Army in 1952 and an Honorary colonel in April 1957.[4] 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.[5]
References
- ↑ Padma Awards. Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
- ↑ Template:London Gazette
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- ↑ Archived copy. Retrieved 10 November 2012.
- ↑ Tata Luminaries | Tata Central Archives. www.tatacentralarchives.com. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
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