Anand vardhan yash birla family biography

Indian business family and Philanthropic arm

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Anand vardhan yash birla family biography

For other uses, see Birlas (disambiguation).

The Birla family is an Indian business family connected with the industrial and social history of India.^[1][2][3]

Foundations

The Birla family belongs to the Maheshwari community of BaniaVaishya traders.

^[4] They are Marwari since by convention, merchants from Rajasthan are termed Marwari. The family originates from the town of Pilani in the Shekhawati region of North-east Rajasthan. They still maintain their ancestral residence termed Birla Haweli in Pilani^[5] and run several educational institutions there, including the BITS, Pilani.

Shiv Narayan Birla

In Pilani, during the early 19th century lived Seth Shobharam, grandson of Seth Bhudharmal, a local tradesman of modest means.^[6][7] It was his son, Seth Shiv Narayana (1840–1909), who first ventured outside Pilani.

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