Jehangir Ghandy

Sir Jehangir Ghandy CIE, Assoc. CStJ (18 November 1896 – 17 April 1972) was an Indian businessperson who is credited with building Tata Steel at Jamshedpur. He was awarded Padma Bhushan in 1958.[1] Invested as a Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire (CIE) in 1941, he was Knighted in 1945.[2][3] He was made an Honorary Lt. Col. in the Territorial Army in 1952 and an Honorary colonel in April 1957[4]. In 1964, Columbia University conferred on him the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Laws on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Graduate School of Business.[5]

Sir

Jehangir Ghandy
OccupationBusinessman
AwardsPadma Bhushan

References
  1. "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 November 2014. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  2. "No. 35184". The London Gazette (Supplement). 6 June 1941. p. 3286.
  3. "No. 36866". The London Gazette (Supplement). 29 December 1945. p. 3.
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 17 March 2012. Retrieved 10 November 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. "Tata Luminaries | Tata Central Archives". www.tatacentralarchives.com. Retrieved 1 June 2018.


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