Hasmukhbhai Parekh (died 1994) was an India

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n financial entrepreneur, writer

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, and philanthropist

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. He played a role in the development of Industrial Credit & Investment Corporation of India, now ICICI Bank, founded the Housing Development Finance Corporation

Housing Development Finance Corporation

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, and in 1992 was awarded the Padma Bhushan

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 for his contribution to the finance industry in India. The London School of Economics

London School of Economics

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 also conferred on him an honorary fellowship.
Hasmukhbhai Parekh belonged to a Gujarati

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 vaishnav-Bania family from Surat

Surat

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, Gujarat.