Lakshmi Niwas Birla
Lakshmi Niwas Birla (11 July 1909 - 29 August 1994) was one of the scions of Birla family and a noted Industrialist , philanthropist , writer and art connoisseur.
He was the eldest son of Ghanshyam Das Birla and his first wife Durgadevi. He was later adopted by Jugal Kishore Birla. He later married to Sushila Devi and had one son Sudarshan Kumar Birla from marriage born in 1934.[1][2]
He served as president of Indian Chamber of Commerce in 1951[3] and the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry for year 1967.[4]
He wrote many books in English and Hindi and was also noted art connoisseur.[5][6]
He donated monies to build Hindu temples. The idols of Hindu temple at Durban had been bought out of his donations.[7]
He established Birla High School also called as Hindi High School in the year 1941.
References
[edit]- ^ Kudaisya, Medha M. (2003). The Life and Times of G.D. Birla. Oxford University Press. pp. xvi, 194, 414. ISBN 978-0-19-564572-9. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
- ^ Pandey, Medha M. Kudaisya Edit by Sangam (10 November 2021). Yugpurush Ghanshyamdas Birla (in Hindi). Vāṇī Prakāśana. p. 16. ISBN 978-93-5518-092-6.
- ^ "Past Presidents". Indian Chamber of Commerce. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
- ^ "FICCI Past Presidents". ficci.in. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
- ^ Congress, The Library of. "Birla, L. N. - LC Linked Data Service: Authorities and Vocabularies | Library of Congress, from LC Linked Data Service: Authorities and Vocabularies (Library of Congress)". id.loc.gov. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
- ^ "NLI AUT MultiLang - Full View of Record". uli.nli.org.il. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
- ^ Hindutva. 1976. p. 89. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
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