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Indian tycoon dies at home
Calcutta News.Net
Monday 1st September, 2008
Indian tycoon Krishna Kumar Birla, whose family empire included industries from sugar to newspapers, died over the weekend at the age of 90.
Birla, whose business holdings included sugar, fertilizer, chemicals, heavy engineering, textile, shipping and newspaper companies, had been suffering from pneumonia, according to a family statement.
The statement said he had passed away peacefully at his Kolkata residence.
Birla, a member of one of India's super-rich business families, was the son of Ghanashyam Das Birla, a leading Indian industrialist and a close associate of Indian independence icon Mahatma Gandhi.
He had been unwell for the past two weeks, and came just a month after his wife Manorama Devi Birla died.
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Hindu
09-02-08, 06:24 AM |
Rest in Peace
I am a Malaysian Hindu who visited Dewi Temple in New Delhi fully built by Birla group. One of the most beautiful and well organized temple I visited. You answered the call, you being called, your legacy will live forever. May your soul rest in peace. Aum Shanti,Shanti,Shanti..........
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partha sarathy
09-02-08, 03:35 AM |
Indian tycoon dies at home
At BITS Pilani Dr KK Birla built the capacities for the spirit of inquiry, creativity, entrepreneurial and moral leadership among BITSians and became their role models. BITS Alumni worldwide who are indeed Proud to be BITSians from this top ranking institute in India today salute their beloved Chancellor DR KK Birla who breathed his last on August 30, 2008.
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