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Though our sindhi community
is known for our business oriented attitude and life style
still there are many eminent sindhi businessmen, who not
only by virtue of their business skills but also due to
performance of their due duty towards the society have
become mile stone in the history of Sindhis. One such
great personality was born in 1901 at " Shikarpur " Sindh
[ Presently in Pakistan] and was named as Parmanand.
Mumbai [Bombay] is said to be land of realisation of
dreams, If you have the courage of working hard for your
dreams, the land will provide you ample opportunities for
it. The boy Paramanand entered in this city at the tender
age of fourteen and was able to construct one of the
largest business empire of the world "Hinduja Group".
The basic principle of " Work to give" has helped a lot to
Parmanand Deepchand Hinduja in the success at business
horizon. He was of the attitude that 'I must respect my
words and behave accordingly' and in fact this attitude
has made him capable of gaining the Himalayan status in
the business world. This teetotaler and vegetarian man was
fortunate enough as he was sharing life with the spiritual
minded Jamuna devi, she was always there to inspire him to
do more and more for the needy ones. According to
Parmanand " My Dharma [Duty] is to work, so that I can
give." He was not only a businessman, aware of his social
responsibilities but also a nationalist as he has not only
supported the nationalist movement but also was a part of
freedom struggle.
Parmanand has a habit of keeping a part of his income for
the charity . it was 1944 when he took first real major
step in the field of humanitarian services by starting a
charitable educational trust names as " Shrimati
Pahunchbai Deepchand Hinduja Trust" in the memory of his
mother, the trust presently is running the KPB Hinduja
College of Commerce in Mumbai. 1947, the unfortunate year
of the Sindhi history has shown the real helping nature of
Parmanand as he helped many of the migrant sindhi family
to come over the crises of being homeless and to regain
their roots in India. According to him " Good Health and
Education are not only essential for the progress but also
are the fundamental rights of every human" hence in 1951
he set up an out door clinic - presently developed as the
P. D. Hinduja National Hospital and Medical Research
Centre-in Mumbai.It was his inspiration that in 1968 "
Hinduja Foundation" a public charitable trust came in the
existence with the core objectives : HEALTH , EDUCATION,
ART, CULTURE AND INTERFAITH UNDERSTANDING, SOCIAL WELFARE
& SPORTS.
In 1971 Paramand Hinduja passed away but his four sons
Srichand and Gopichand [London based UK citizen], Prakash
[Geneva based Swiss citizen] and Ashok [Mumbai based
Indian citizen] are carrying forward his work. According
to Srichand P Hinduja - chairman of the Hinduja group "
Our aim is to build bridges between India and the world,
between the past and present, between generations that are
and generations to come." May God bless the Hinduja family
by providing them strength to continue the good work of
Late Parmanand Deepchand Hinduja so the name "HINDUJA"
remains respectful not only among the sindhi community but
also among the communities of the world. |