Jeahangir Ghandy
Indian businessman
About Jeahangir Ghandy
Lived 1896 – 1972 (aged 75).
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. Invested as a Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire (CIE) in 1941, he was Knighted in 1945. He was made an Honorary Lt. Col. in the Territorial Army in 1952 and an Honorary colonel in April 1957. 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.
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Who was Jeahangir Ghandy?
Indian businessman
When was Jeahangir Ghandy born?
Jeahangir Ghandy was born on 18 November 1896.
When did Jeahangir Ghandy die?
Jeahangir Ghandy died on 17 April 1972.
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