Lala Shri Ram
businessperson
Sir Shri Ram (27 April 1884 – 11 January 1963), better known as Lala Shri Ram, was an Indian industrialist and philanthropist. Ram was the owner of Delhi Cloth & General Mills, one of the oldest companies in India. During his business career, Ram was one of India's most prominent industrialists. In 1941, the British Raj government in India conferred Ram with knighthood in recognition of his contributions to the development of Indian society. Ram was also noted for his philanthropy, which included founding the Shri Ram College of Commerce and Lady Shri Ram College for Women.
Early life
Shri Ram was born on April 27, 1884. He was the first son of Madan Mohan Lal and Chando Devi to a Agarwal family in Haryana, which was then British Punjab Province. Ram had a younger brother, Lala Shankar Lal.
Ram's family at the time was known as the Kotwal family, which stemmed from Ram's great-grandfather, who was Kotwal, a military title, in Delhi during the Indian Rebellion of 1857. Ram's early education was from a Municipal Primary School in Bazaar Sita Ram.
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