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15. Walchand Hirachand Doshi- Founder, Balchand Hirachand
group; A postal stamp of Rs. 5.00 was issued in his honour by
the Government of India in 2004. 16. Narendra Patni -- Patni Computer Systems, a billion dollar IT
company. 17. Suresh Patni - Industrialist, Chairman, Impex Group of
companies, Kolkata. 18. Gautam Adani -- Chairman, Adani Group. 19. Ashok Patni – R. K. Marbles Group. 20. Pradeep Jain - Parsvanath Builders Group. 21. D. K. Jain - Luxor Group, Delhi. 22. Suresh C. Jain - Founder and Chancellor of Tirthankar
Mahaveer University, Moradabad. 23. Pawan Jain - Founder of Mangalayatan University, Aligarh.
Devendra Kumar Pandya - Siddhumal Kagzi Group, Delhi. 25. Dr. Trilokchand Kothari – Author and businessman, Om Group
of Companies, Kota/Delhi. 26. Deepchand Gardi - Barrister-at-Law, Real Estate Business
Group, Mumbai. 27. Sanjay Jain - Chairman, Floriana Group, Delhi, Marble business. 28. Kanhayalal Patawari - Plastic Business, Delhi. 29. Raj Kumar Jain - Emkay Group, Business, Delhi.
). Ashok Oswal - Textile and Hosiery Business, Ludhiana, Punjab. 31. G. D. Mundhra - Mundhra Group of Industries operating in
Chemicals, IT, Textile, Cement, Machinery etc. 32. Harshad Mehta - Stockbroker, Mumbai. He was involved in a
major shares scam in 1990s. 33. Dr. Pukhraj Bafna, Padam Shri Awardee, 2011.
Literature and Journalism 1. Nathuram Premi (1881-1960) - Publisher and Scholar of
Jainism, founder of Hindi Granth Karyalay and Manikchandra Jain Granthamala, Historian, Researcher, Social reformer and Editor of Jain Mitra and Jain Hitaishi. Jainendra Kumar - Famous Hindi novelist, short story writer, thinker. Rama Jain - Wife of Sahu Shanti Prasad Jain & founder of the publishing house Bharatiya Jnanpith, New Delhi and Varanasi. Girilal Jain -- Former editor of The Times of India, Delhi.
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