Mulji Jagmal Sawaria

Mulji Jagmal Sawaria, R.S. also known as Moolji Jagmal (1899–1956) was a noted coal miner, railway contractor and businessman from Kutch, who established himself at Bilaspur, India. He belonged to a small but enterprising KGK community and born in Gangani family of Kumbharia. Mulji's father Jagmal Gangji were seven brothers, who worked together as a syndicate as Hindu Undivided Family to do large scale works of railway laying across British India with other contractors from their community.

Mulji Jagmal and his brother Ranchhod Jagmal (1901–1963) were involved in laying of railway line from Anuppur to Barwadih section of Bombay, Baroda & Central India Railway in 1918, Sini to Purulia doubling in 1921 for Bengal Nagpur Railway along with fellow contractors from his community and several other railway works for bridges and lines. Rai Bahadur Devraj Daya of Jharsuguda, Rai Saheb Harilal Shamji of Raigarh, Govind Jiwan Gangji of Bankura, Nanji Govindji of Tatanagar, Raghu Karson of Cuttack, Dhanraj Wason of Bilaspur and the other noted railway contractors from his community like Ambalal Khora, Manji Jeram, Jeram Mandan and Arjan Ladhha. Shamji Gangji of Raigarh, Jiwan Gangji of Bankura and others.

Further, in 1921–22, at young age he discovered coal near Pali, which he operated jointly with his younger brother Ranchhod Jagmal Sawaria. Jairamnagar and at Khaira. He also owned a manganese mine near Tumsar.

After independence of India, in 1953, he was responsible for discovery of chromite near Pali in Madhya Pradesh, now a part of Chhattisgarh. He discovered Chromite near his Donganala colliery in on a hillock at a village called Agaria. Upon his information later the area was surveyed by Geological Survey of India.

Others Mulji Jagmal also owned a huge brick kilns at Torwa, Lingiyadih and Lal Khadan area. The bricks made were largely supplied to railways. In 1935, Rai Sahib Moolji Jagmal Savaria and Ranchhod Jagmal laid a private 1.9 miles long narrow gauge rail line connecting their Bilaspur railway site with their brick-kiln across Arpa River to Lingiyadih. This line was dismantled in 1948 after independence of India. in 1936 and was the first match factory

He owned large valuable estate in Bilaspur, Lingiyadih, Raigarh, Jharsuguda, Jairamnagar and at also agricultural lands, farmhouses and mansion in his native state in Kutch at Anjar and Kumbharia.

Philanthropy Jagmal Gangji Sawaria father of Mulji Jagmal, built Kaleshwarnath Shiva Temple temple at Pithampur also other Shiva & Laxminarayan Temple Bilaspur at Jharsuguda and Amarkantak, further he donated silver gates at Kedarnath Temple, whereas his brother Shamji Gangji donated marble tiles at Kedarnath.

He donated four of his shops in market area for maintenance of the Hindu temple built by his father Jagmal Gangji in 1890, which stands near Bilaspur railway station. He with his brother had built a charitable hospital and dispensary at Ratanpur on 13 February 1940, which was opened by Her E. Lady Wylie, wife of Governor of Central Province Sir Francis Verner Wylie.

After his death, in 1969, his wife Smt Laxmi Bai, built a hall-cum-guest house, in his memory, which is named as Rai Saheb Moolji Jagmal Mahila Satsang Bhawan. It is used for satsang by local Hindu women and also provides free staying facility to overnight travellers, especially to sadhus and poor people.

Death He died in 1956 due heart attack at Bilaspur.

Legacy Present day Jagmal Chowk and Jagmal Block in Bilaspur are named after his father, Jagmal Gangji Sawaria. Jagmal Block was also known as Mulji Jagmal Marg.

Further, he instituted a fund for Mulji Jagmal Running Trophy for yearly Football tournament held by railway department, which are held at railway sports stadium, which also was erected by him in 1935.