Sir

Jehangir Ghandy
OccupationBusinessman
AwardsPadma Bhushan

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

  1. ↑ "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 October 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  2. ↑ "No. 35184". The London Gazette (Supplement). 6 June 1941. p. 3286.
  3. ↑ "No. 36866". The London Gazette (Supplement). 29 December 1945. p. 3.
  4. ↑ "Untitled Document". Archived from the original on 17 March 2012. Retrieved 10 November 2012.
  5. ↑ "Tata Luminaries | Tata Central Archives". www.tatacentralarchives.com. Retrieved 1 June 2018.


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