Dhirajlal Hirachand Ambani,better known as Dhirubhai Ambani, was an Indian business tycoon who founded Reliance Industries in Mumbai with his cousin. He figured in The Sunday Times list of top 50 businessmen in Asia.Ambani took Reliance Industries public in 1977, and by 2007 the combined fortune of the family was $60 billion, making the Ambanis the second richest family in the world. Ambani died on 6 July 2002.
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March 17, 1962 – February 1, 2003 Kalpana Chawla was born in Karnal, India. She was the first Indian-American astronaut... read more
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