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13th March : Stamp issued on K.K.Birla

 

    Issue Date:13th March 2009
    Designed by:Bharti Mirchandani
    Printed by:India Security Press, Nasik
    Print Process: Photogravure
    Perforations:13.0 x 13.0

Krishna Kumar Birla (12 October 1918 – 30 August 2008) was an Indian industrialist of the Birla family. Birla was one of the industrialists who supported economic reforms in India in 1991.

Birla was a Hindi Prabhakar (Honours in Hindi) and in 1997 was conferred the degree of Doctor of Letters (Honoris Causa) by Pondicherry University. In 1991, Birla established the K.K. Birla Foundation to promote Hindi literature.

He was the chairman of one of the Hindustan Times. He was on the central board of the State Bank of India and ICICI. He headed the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industries (FICCI), the Indian Sugar Mills Association and many Sports Federations. Birla was the group chairman of the Zuari-Chambal group of companies. He was also the Chairman of Zuari-Chambal-Paradeep.


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