Jamnalal Kaniram Bajaj was an Indian industrialist.
27 Facts About Jamnalal Bajaj
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Jamnalal Bajaj founded the Bajaj Group of companies in the 1920s, and the group now has 24 companies, including six that are listed on the bourses.
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Jamnalal Bajaj was a close and beloved associate of Mahatma Gandhi, who is known to have often declared that Jamnalal was his fifth son.
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Jamnalal Bajaj was born in 1889 into a poor family of Kaniram and Birdibai in a village named Kashi Ka Bas in Jaipur state.
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In return, Jamnalal Bajaj installed a well in order to help the village.
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Jamnalal Bajaj was married at age twelve to JankiDevi, who was around nine years old.
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Jamnalal Bajaj excelled in his work by the time Seth Bachhraj died.
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In 1926, Jamnalal founded what would become the Bajaj group of industries.
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Jamnalal Bajaj could understand Gandhi's vision that home-made goods were the answer to India's poverty.
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Jamnalal Bajaj considered that some British companies were importing cheap, raw cotton from India and sending back finished cloth.
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Jamnalal Bajaj was humbled by the simple life that Gandhi was leading at the Sabarmati Ashram.
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Jamnalal Bajaj was impressed by the Ashram's routine of prayer and physical work.
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Jamnalal Bajaj brought his wife Jankidevi and his children to live in the Ashram.
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Jamnalal Bajaj gave up the title of Rai Bahadur conferred on him by the British government and joined the non-co-operation movement in 1921.
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Jamnalal Bajaj wanted Gandhi to move to Wardha and make it the center of his activities.
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Jamnalal Bajaj was later elected a member of the Congress Working Committee and as the treasurer of Congress in 1933.
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Jamanalal Jamnalal Bajaj was interested in initiatives such as the removal of untouchability, promotion of Hindi, and Khadi and village Industries.
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Jamnalal Bajaj was the president of the All India Hindi Sahitya Sammelan that promoted Hindi as the single language to unite all Indians.
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Jamnalal Bajaj was instrumental in publishing Hindi magazines and books.
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Jamnalal Bajaj initiated the Gandhi Hindi Pustak Bhandar in Bombay and started the Sasta Sahitya Mandal.
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Jamnalal Bajaj founded the Dakshin Bharat Hindi Prachar Sabha along with C Rajagopalachari in hopes of spreading the learning of Hindi across the country.
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Jamnalal Bajaj began a campaign by eating a meal with Harijans and opening public wells to them.
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Jamnalal Bajaj opened several wells in his fields and gardens.
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In honour of his social initiatives the Jamnalal Bajaj Award has been instituted by the Bajaj Foundation.
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Jamnalal Bajaj differed with Gandhi when he disagreed with Congress contesting the 1938 elections to the legislature.
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One of his grandsons, Rahul Jamnalal Bajaj, ran the family flagship company, Jamnalal Bajaj Auto.
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Jamnalal Bajaj Award was established in 1978 by the Jamnalal Bajaj Foundation and are given away each year on his birth anniversary.