What a family Simple and complex, traditional and modern, religious and
rational, money-minded and money-renouncing, Indian and international, fiercely
individualistic and inspiringly loyal' -P. Lal In a life spanning nine decades
Krishna Kumar Birla, son of the legendary Ghanshyam Das Birla, witnessed events
that shaped India in the twentieth century and had close associations with
iconic figures like Mahatma Gandhi, Madan Mohan Malviya, Jayaprakash Narayan,
Jawaharlal Nehru and Indira Gandhi. Head of one of India's leading business
houses, K.K. Birla embraced principles in which the creation of wealth,
philanthropy and political leadership were all regarded as part of
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