Jamnalal Bajaj

Jamnalal Bajaj
Bajaj on a 1970 Stamp of India
Born
Jamnalal Kaniram Bajaj

(1889-11-04)4 November 1889
Kashi Ka Bas, near Sikar, Rajasthan (Rajputana), British India
Died11 February 1942(1942-02-11) (aged 52)
Occupations
  • Political Leader
  • Industrialist
  • Founder
Spouse
(m. 1902)
Children5

Jamnalal Kaniram Bajaj (4 November 1889 – 11 February 1942) was an Indian industrialist.[1] He founded the Bajaj Group of companies in the 1920s, and the group now has 24 companies, including six that are listed on the bourses.[2] He was also a close and beloved associate of Mahatma Gandhi, who is known to have often declared that Jamnalal was his fifth son.[3]

  1. ^ Tikoo, Rajiv (2 January 2000). "The Gandhian spirit". Financial Express. Indian Express Group. Archived from the original on 19 December 2013.
  2. ^ Kalesh, Baiju (6 April 2012). "In Bajaj family, business sense over-rules ties". Financial Express. Indian Express Group.
  3. ^ Bajaj, Rahul (16 September 2017). "Jamnalal Bajaj embodied Gandhi's ethics to such an extent that Mahatma 'adopted' him as 5th son". India Today.