Kirtilal Manilal Mehta

Kirtilal Manilal Mehta (7 February 1907 – 21 July 1993) was an Indian businessman.

He started his career in 1918 in Rangoon, Burma (now Myanmar). He established diamond manufacturing and export houses, Gembel Group of Companies, which has offices worldwide.

His funeral was attended by Nicky Oppenheimer, Alec Barbour, Nigel Wisden, Arjun G. Sengupde, the Indian ambassador to Belgium and several De Beers colleagues and leading members of the diamond community and representatives of Belgium, Israeli and Indian governments.

Awards and honours

Mehta received several awards for his outstanding contributions to the trade and economy of the countries where he established his business. He was honoured with the Order of Leopold, the highest order of Belgium given by Boudewijn of Belgium, the King of Belgium.

On his 111th birth anniversary Kirtilal Mehta, the Government of India's Postal department released a commemorative postal stamp featuring him and his Lilavati Hospital in 2018.