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BAJAJ, SHRI KAMALNAYAN, Econ. Tripos Pt. I. (Cambridge) and Visharad, Cong., (Maharashtra—Wardha-1967) : s. of late Shri Jamnalalji Bajaj, b. at Wardha, January 23, 1915; ed. at Satyagraha Ashram, Wardha, Sabarmati Ashram, Ahmedabad, Gujarat Vidyapeeth, Ahmedabad, St. Peter’s College, Colombo; Fitz William House, Cambridge University and Inner Temple. London; m. Shrimati Savitridevi, June 30, 1937; 2 s. and 1 d.; Industrialist and businessman; Trustee, Gandhi Smarak Nidhi, Delhi; Member. Khadi & Village Industries Board; Chairman; (i) Jamnalal Bajaj Seva Trust, Wardha, (ii) Shiksha Mandal, Wardha, (iii) Governing Councils of G.S. Colleges of Commerce, Wardha. Nagpur and Jabalpur, and (iv) Rural Institute, Wardha; President, Blind Relief Association, Bombay; Managing Committee Member and Ex-President, Rajasthan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Jaipur; President, Employers’ Association, Rajasthan, Jaipur; Treasurer: (i) Congress Party in Parliament and (ii) Indian Parliamentary Group; Chairman and Managing Director, Bachhraj & Co. Ltd., Bombay; Chairman: (i) The Punjab National Bank Ltd., Delhi, (ii) Mukand Iron & Steel Works Ltd., Bombay, (iii) Bajaj Electricals Ltd., Bombay, and (iv) Bajaj Auto Ltd., Poona; Director: (i) Hindusthan Sugar Mills Ltd., Bombay, (ii) Delhi Cloth and General. Mills Co. Ltd., Delhi, (iii) Sirsilk Ltd., Hyderabad, (iv) Podar Mills Ltd., Bombay, (v) Sassoon & Alliance Silk Mill Co. Ltd., Bombay, (vi) Jaipur Spinning & Weaving Mills Ltd., Jaipur, (vii) Orissa Cement Ltd., Rajgangpur, Orissa, (viii) India Carbon Ltd,, Gauhati, (ix) Bombay Oxygen Corporation Ltd., Bombay, (x) Khandelwal Ferro Alloys Ltd., Bombay, (xi) Asian Cables Corporation Ltd., Bombay, and (xii) Rajasthan Financial Corporation, Jaipur; Participated in Salt Satyagraha Movement, 1930—32 and sentenced to 7 1/2 months imprisonment; during Quit India Movement of 1942, helped underground movement and organised legal defence for hundreds of innocent people implicated in the Ashti, Chimur and Wardha sabotage cases; was Treasurer of Reception Committee, Jaipur Session of the Indian National Congress, 1948; was Member, States Sub-Committee of Congress, 1948; was Treasurer and Member, Parliamentary Board of All India States’ Peoples’ Conference and President, Parliamentary Board of Deccan States’ Union; Member, Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee; Member, Second Lok Sabha, 19.57—62, and Third Lok Sabha, 1962—67.
Favourite pastime and recreation: Bridge, travelling etc.
Special interests: Education and Culture.
Clubs: Willingdon Sports Club; Royal Western India Turf Club; Cricket Club of India and Western India Football Association, Bombay; National Sports Club of India, Bombay and New Delhi; Chelmsford Club, New Delhi and Roshanara Club, Delhi.
Travels abroad: U.S.A., Europe, U.S.S.R., East, West and North African countries; Egypt, Cyprus, Lebanon, Afghanistan, Ceylon, Malaysia, Philippines and Japan.
Permanent Address: 51, Mahatma Gandhi Road, Bombay-1 Maharastra.
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