Om Prakash Jindal (7 August 1930 – 31 March 2005), popularly known as O.P. Jindal, was born in Hisar,

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. He established a successful business enterprise

Jindal Steel and Power Jindal Steel and Power Limited (JSPL) is an Indian steel company based in New Delhi. JSPL is a part of OP Jindal Group, and a leading player in steel, mining, and infrastructure in India. The company produces steel through backward integration ...

under the flagship of the Jindal Organization, of which he was the chairman. In November 2004, Jindal was awarded the "Life Time Achievement Award" for his outstanding contribution to the Indian Steel Industry by the Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry. According to the latest

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List, he was ranked 13th amongst the richest

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ns and placed 548th amongst the richest persons of the world. He died in a helicopter crash on 31 March 2005. Jindal was appointed Minister of Power in the

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. He won the Hisar Legislative Assembly seat of Haryana three times consecutively. He was also a Member of the Committee on Food, Civil Supplies and Public Distribution from 1996 to 1997. Jindal was elected to the Haryana Vidhan Sabha (the Haryana state assembly) in February 2005 and was the Minister of Power in the Government of Haryana at the time of his death. He was the Chairman of the N.C. Jindal Charitable Trust; Patron and Trustee of Agroha Vikas Trust and Agroha Medical College. His four sons, Prithviraj Jindal,

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, Ratan Jindal and

Naveen Jindal Naveen Jindal (born 9 March 1970) is an Indian billionaire industrialist, and a former Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha from Kurukshetra, Haryana in the 14th and 15th Lok Sabha. He currently serves as the Chairman of Jindal Steel and Power ...

now run the steel and power empire. His widow

Savitri Jindal Savitri Devi Jindal (born 20 March 1950) is an Indian businesswoman and politician. She was the chairperson emeritus of O.P. Jindal Group. She is also the president of Maharaja Agrasen Medical College, Agroha. Jindal family net worth is estimat ...

was Minister of State for Revenue, Disaster Management, Rehabilitation and Housing in

state government,Savitri Jindal, A Jain Devotee From Terapanth Sector Declared the Richest Woman in India while his son Naveen was a member of the

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. His granddaughter Sminu Jindal is Managing Director of Jindal SAW and founder of Svayam.

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