Walchand Hirachand
Overview
India
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n industrialist. He established India’s first modern shipyard
Shipyard
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, first aircraft
Aircraft
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factory
Factory
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and first car
Čar
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factory.
He was born in Sholapur, Maharashtra
Maharashtra
Maharashtra is a state located in India. It is the second most populous after Uttar Pradesh and third largest state by area in India...
in a Digambar Jain family engaged in trading and money lending. He matriculated in 1899 but was not interested in the family business. He found the railway contracting business to his liking and became a railway contractor for constructions in partnership with a former railway clerk
Clerk
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, Laxmanrao Balwant Phatak; the partnership later became Phatak-Walchand private limited.
