Lalbhai Dalpatbhai Arts College
Lalbhai is a name. Notable people with the name include: *Lalbhai Dalpatbhai (1863-1912), Indian industrialist *Kasturbhai Lalbhai (1894-1980), Indian industrialist *Umedram Lalbhai Desai (1868-1930), Indian medical doctor *Arvind Narottambhai Lalbhai (1918-2007), Indian industrialist See also *Lalbhai Dalpatram College of Engineering, Indian engineering college *Lalbhai Dalpatbhai Museum Lalbhai Dalpatbhai Museum, abbreviated L. D. Museum, is a museum of Indian sculptures, bronzes, manuscripts, paintings, drawings, miniature paintings, woodwork, bead work and ancient and contemporary coins in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. Histo ...

Lalbhai Dalpatbhai
Lalbhai Dalpatbhai (1863-1912)Business World -1987 - Volume 7 - Page 44 was an industrialist and one of the first generation textile mill owners from Ahmedabad, who laid the foundation of the present-day Lalbhai group of Industries. Life Lalbhai was born in 1863 at Ahmedabad to Dalpatbhai Bhagubhai in a Gujarati Jain family of '' nagarsheths'' and jewellers and was a direct descendant of the 16th-century merchant, Shantidas Jhaveri. After growing up, he carried on the traditional business of precious gems of his family. His father Dalpatbhai Bhagubhai was also in cotton trading business since the 1870sPiramal, Gita. Business Legends. p. 309. As an expansion of his cotton trading business, he decided to start his own cotton mill and in 1896 he floated the Saraspur Mills flowed by Raipur Mills in 1897. These two mills laid the foundation of present-day Lalbhai group. The group was later expanded by his sons and noted nationalist and philanthropist, Kasturbhai Lalbhai, Narottambha ...
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