Through India’s arduous times of the 1850s, the Birla business expanded rapidly. In the early part of the 20th century, our Group’s founding father, Ghanshyam das Birla, set up industries in critical sectors such as textiles and fiber, aluminum, cement and chemicals. As a close confidante of Mahatma Gandhi, he played an active role in the Indian Freedom struggle. He represented India at the first and second round-table conference in London, along with Gandhi Ji. It was at ‘Birla House’ in Delhi that the luminaries of the Indian freedom struggle often met to plot the downfall of the British Raj.
A formidable force in Indian Industry, Mr. Aditya Birla dared to dream of setting up a global business empire at the age of 24. He was the first to put Indian business on the world map, as far as 1969, long before globalization became a buzzword in India.
In the then vibrant and free market South East Asian countries, he ventured to set up world-class production bases. He had foreseen the winds of change and staked the future of his business on a competitive, free market driven economy order.
He put Indian business on the globe, 22 years before economic liberalization was formally introduced by the former Prime Minister, Mr. Narasimha Rao and the former union Finance Minister, Dr. Man Mohan Singh. He set up 19 companies outside India, in Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia the Philippines and Egypt.
Most importantly, his companies earned respect and admiration of the people, as one of the India’s finest business houses, and first Indian International Group globally. Through this outstanding record of enterprise, he helped create enormous wealth for the nation, and respect for Indian entrepreneurship
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