R.C. Jall

R.C. JallRustomji Cowasji Jall (1884–1973) was an Indian industrialist, lawyer and politician. He headed various textile mill companies in Indore and Ujjain, and functioned as the representative of the interests of mill owners in state politics in Madhya Bharat and Madhya Pradesh during the 1950s and 1960s. He was the Member of Legislative Assembly of Mhow between 1952 and 1972, belonging to the Indian National Congress.

Biography Jall was born on November 14, 1884, in Mhow, in a Parsi family. He would later obtain M.A. and LL.B. degrees.

Jall was appointed Managing Director in-charge at the Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. in Indore. Jall served on the All-India Textile Control Board during World War II, named to the role by the Government of India He would remain on the board of the [Madhya Pradesh] Millowners' Association after the merger of Madhya Bharat into Madhya Pradesh. Jall obtained 14,562 votes (72.21%) in the 1957 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, whilst in the 1962 election his vote share had declined to 12,682 votes (54.13%). As of 1960 he sat on the Board of Directors of Kalyanmal Mills Ltd., Rajkumar Mills Ltd. (Indore), the Indore Malwa United Mills Ltd. (Indore), the Binod Mills Company Ltd. (Ujjain) and the Hira Mills Ltd. (Ujjain).

Jall was a known philanthropist. He also created or built a number of other institutions in Mhow, such as the Mhow Town Hall, the R. C. Jall Law College and a number of village schools. He donated 300,000 rupees for the establishment of a business management training institution and 100,000 rupees to establish a science degree college in Mhow.