Sir Mathuradas Vissanji (1916-1949) was an Indian businessman and politician.

Life

He was born on 18 March 1916 in

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. He died on 22 December 1949.

Career

Business career

He founded the Wallace Mills Company, a family owned textile business, which is today managed by his grandson Hemant Vissanji. The Vissanji family also owned the Bombay Burmah Trading Company which is worth over 1 billion $USD today. He was the first president of the Cotton Corporation of India.

Political career

He was elected to the

Bombay Legislative Assembly Bombay Legislative Assembly came into existence in 1937, as the legislature of Bombay Presidency, a Provinces of India, province of India. It functioned until 1960, when separate states of Maharashtra and Gujarat were formed. History The first se ...

in 1935. In the

1934 Indian general election General elections were held in British India in 1934. The Indian National Congress emerged as the largest party in the Central Legislative Assembly."Elections in India The New Delhi Assembly, Congress Party's Position", ''The Times'', 10 Decemb ...

, he was elected to the

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Awards and honours

At the

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of King

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, he was conferred with a knighthood. His name was thus published as Sir Mathuradas Vissanji by the

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from then on.

Family

Sir Mathuradas Vissanji's son was a prominent Indian industrialist, his granddaughter Panna Khatau was married to Sunit Khatau, a member of the

Khatau Khatau Group is one of the oldest Indian business conglomerates. It was founded in 1874 by Seth Khatau Makanji (also known as Makanji Khatau). The group was one of the leading Indian industrial houses by the mid twentieth century, with ventures ...

business family.

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