Gujarmal Modi
Businessperson, Deceased Person
1902 – 1976
Who was Gujarmal Modi?
Rai Bahadur Gujarmal Modi was a renowned industrialist and philanthropist, who co-established the Modi Group of companies and the industrial city of Modinagar in 1933, along with his brother Kedar Nath Modi. A sugar mill in Modinagar marked the beginning of the Modi Group conglomerate, which later diversified into varied fields.
GM Modi established schools and colleges at his birthplace, Mahendragarh, in Patiala and in Modinagar. He also contributed a lot in the field of higher education by giving grants to established institutions such as Banaras Hindu University, and different colleges in Meerut and other places. He was awarded the Padma Bhushan by Government of India in 1968. He is the grandfather of Lalit Modi, the founder of the Indian Premier League, who transformed the game of cricket and made IPL the hottest sports property in the world.
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- Born
- Aug 9, 1902
Mahendragarh - Spouses
- Religion
- Hindu
- Ethnicity
- Marwari
- Nationality
- India
- Profession
- Lived in
- Patiala
- Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh
- Died
- Jan 22, 1976
Modinagar
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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