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Ardeshir Dalal
Sir Ardeshir Dalal, KCIE (24 April 1884 – 8 October 1949) was an Indian Parsi civil servant, and later, a businessman associated with the Tata Group. He was knighted in 1946, and was a vocal opponent of the partition of India.
Dalal was born on 24 April 1884 in Bombay to Rustomjee Dalal, who worked as share-broker. He studied at Elphinstone College in Mumbai, and In 1905 he applied for J. N. Tata Scholarship for higher studies. He received the scholarship, and studied at St. John's College Cambridge. Following this, he qualified by examination to enter the Indian Civil Service, joining in 1908.
Dalal was initially appointed as a district collector, and served in several districts, eventually serving as deputy secretary to the government of the State of Bombay, and serving as a member of the Provincial Legislative Council in 1923. In 1928, he became the first Indian to serve as Municipal Commissioner of Bombay, serving in that role for three years.
He was the founder of IIT'S. He joined Tata Group as a Director of Tata Steel in 1931 and served Tata group till 1941 and again from 1945 his death in 1949. He was knighted in 1939.
He was one of the signatories to the Bombay Plan formulated in 1944.
In June 1944, he resigned from Tatas as the Viceroy, Lord Wavell, invited him to join the Viceroy's Executive Council as Member-in-Charge of Planning and Development. His contributions as one of the architects of the Government of India's post war economic plan formulated in 1945 have been noted.
He was knighted again as a KCIE in 1946 died on 8 October 1949.
A hospital-cum-nursing college in Jamshedpur has been named after him as Ardeshir Dalal Memorial Hospital.
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Ardeshir Dalal
Sir Ardeshir Dalal, KCIE (24 April 1884 – 8 October 1949) was an Indian Parsi civil servant, and later, a businessman associated with the Tata Group. He was knighted in 1946, and was a vocal opponent of the partition of India.
Dalal was born on 24 April 1884 in Bombay to Rustomjee Dalal, who worked as share-broker. He studied at Elphinstone College in Mumbai, and In 1905 he applied for J. N. Tata Scholarship for higher studies. He received the scholarship, and studied at St. John's College Cambridge. Following this, he qualified by examination to enter the Indian Civil Service, joining in 1908.
Dalal was initially appointed as a district collector, and served in several districts, eventually serving as deputy secretary to the government of the State of Bombay, and serving as a member of the Provincial Legislative Council in 1923. In 1928, he became the first Indian to serve as Municipal Commissioner of Bombay, serving in that role for three years.
He was the founder of IIT'S. He joined Tata Group as a Director of Tata Steel in 1931 and served Tata group till 1941 and again from 1945 his death in 1949. He was knighted in 1939.
He was one of the signatories to the Bombay Plan formulated in 1944.
In June 1944, he resigned from Tatas as the Viceroy, Lord Wavell, invited him to join the Viceroy's Executive Council as Member-in-Charge of Planning and Development. His contributions as one of the architects of the Government of India's post war economic plan formulated in 1945 have been noted.
He was knighted again as a KCIE in 1946 died on 8 October 1949.
A hospital-cum-nursing college in Jamshedpur has been named after him as Ardeshir Dalal Memorial Hospital.