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Chandrashekhar Agashe

1888 - 1956

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Chandrashekhar Govind Agashe (14 February 1888 – 9 June 1956) was an Indian industrialist, lawyer, educator, and philanthropist, best remembered as the founder of the Brihan Maharashtra Sugar Syndicate Ltd. He served as the managing agent of the company from its inception in 1934 till his death in 1956. Born to an aristocratic brahmin family in the Indian princely state Bhor State, he was an educator and lawyer in his youth, before going on to serve as the president of the Bhor State Council from 1934 to 1948, having previously been the council's vice president from 1933 to 1934, the council's secretary from 1932 to 1933, and the chief justiciar of the Indian princely state from 1920 to 1932, first under the 10th Raja of Bhor and then the 11th Raja of Bhor. Throughout his career, Agashe wrote extensively in the Kesari, and was a founding member of the Mahratta Chamber of Commerce, Industries and Agriculture. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Chandrashekhar Agashe is the 167th most popular businessperson (up from 708th in 2019), the 213th most popular biography from India (up from 930th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Indian Businessperson.

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Among businesspeople, Chandrashekhar Agashe ranks 167 out of 847. Before him are Stanley Ho, John McAfee, Chaleo Yoovidhya, Harvey S. Firestone, Ferdinand Anton Ernst Porsche, and Ethan Allen. After him are Yingluck Shinawatra, Johann Friedrich Böttger, Madam C. J. Walker, Basil Zaharoff, Josep Maria Bartomeu, and Owen D. Young.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1888, Chandrashekhar Agashe ranks 56. Before him are Irving Berlin, Fritz Klein, Georgios Papandreou, John Foster Dulles, Heinrich Neuhaus, and Thea von Harbou. After him are W. O. Bentley, Henry A. Wallace, Hans Knappertsbusch, Louis Durey, Tôn Đức Thắng, and Masaharu Homma. Among people deceased in 1956, Chandrashekhar Agashe ranks 52. Before him are Harold Bride, Mistinguett, Alben W. Barkley, Gottfried Benn, Giovanni Papini, and David Seymour. After him are Savielly Tartakower, Erich Kleiber, Pío Baroja, Hiram Bingham III, Hermann Abendroth, and Elpidio Quirino.

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In India

Among people born in India, Chandrashekhar Agashe ranks 213 out of 1,861. Before him are Sabu Dastagir (1924), Sudha Murty (1950), Bankim Chandra Chatterjee (1838), Henry McMahon (1862), V. S. Ramachandran (1951), and Bharata Muni (-1000). After him are Shah Shuja (1616), Vidyapati (1352), Siraj ud-Daulah (1733), Deepak Chopra (1946), Mumtaz (1947), and Parshvanatha (-872).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In India

Among businesspeople born in India, Chandrashekhar Agashe ranks 5. Before him are Jamsetji Tata (1839), N. R. Narayana Murthy (1946), Lakshmi Mittal (1950), and Ratan Tata (1937). After him are Ajay Banga (1959), Dhirubhai Ambani (1932), Sundar Pichai (1972), Satya Nadella (1967), Arvind Krishna (1962), Akshata Murty (1980), and Azim Premji (1945).

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