By the Birla Group reference is made to one of the foremost business houses in India
headed by the Birla family for generations. Its business interests are vast and varied
ranging from petrochemicals and textiles to automobiles and Infocom as well as financial
services. The story of the Birla Group goes back to 1870 when Seth Shiv Narayan Birla,
belonging to the Marwari community of West Rajasthan, set up a cotton and jute trading
business in Pilani, Rajasthan. In the 19th century Baldeo Das Birla, son of Shiva Narayana
Birla, moved to Calcutta. At that time Calcutta was the hub of activity of the British Empire
and consequently the nascent Freedom Movement. The Birlas are proud of their closeness
and support to the movement and was very near to Mahatma Gandhi. Even today, about
two hundred years after the beginning of the Birla story, the name is identical with not only
with wealth and power but also with dignity and respect. Business runs in their veins and
each generation has been a credit to the legendary name of Birla. In 1919 the
Ghanashyam Das Birla, one of the four sons of Baldeo Das Birla, set up jute mills in West
Bengal and thus laid the foundation for the beginning of the Birla industrial empire. In 1947
the Birlas set up Grasim weaving plant and from 1958 added rayon to the list. Aditya Birla,
grandson of Ghanashyam Das Birla, continued successfully with the legacy he had
inherited. In 1969 he began to take giant strides outside India targeting international
expansion.
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