Kapil Mohan was an Indian

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and the chairman and managing director of

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, a brewer and distiller based in

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. He was a recipient of the

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and had served as a

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until the time of his retirement from the

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. Holder of a doctoral degree (PhD) and a former managing director of Trade Links Private Limited (1956-1966), Mohan was also a director of other group companies such as Arthos Breweries Limited, Mohan Rocky Springwater Breweries Limited, Sagar Sugars and Allied Products Limited, R. R. B. Energy Limited and Solchrome Systems India Limited. He was also the patron of General Mohyal Sabha, an organisation of the

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community. He was honoured by the

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, in 2010, with the fourth-highest Indian civilian award of

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Personal life

Mohan was married to Pushpa Mohan. Mohan was unwell over the last few years of his life, and had handed over day-to-day functioning of the various companies to his nephews, Hemant and Vinay Mohan. He died due to cardiac arrest on 6 January 2018.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mohan, Kapil 1929 births 2018 deaths Recipients of the Padma Shri in trade and industry Businesspeople from Uttar Pradesh Indian chief executives