Commemorative Postage Stamp on O. P. Jindal will be released on 30/3/2016.
Jindal was appointed Minister of Power in the Government of Haryana. He won the Hisar Legislative Assembly seat of Haryana three times consecutively. He was also a Member of the Committee on Food, Civil Supplies and Public Distribution from 1996 to 1997.
Jindal was elected to the Haryana Vidhan Sabha (the Haryana state government) in February 2005, and was the Minister of Power in the Government of Haryana at the time of his death. He was the Chairman of the N.C. Jindal Charitable Trust; Patron and Trustee of Agroha Vikas Trust and Agroha Medical College.
His 4 sons, Prithviraj Jindal, Sajjan Jindal, Ratan Jindal and Naveen Jindal now run the steel and power empire. His widow Savitri Jindal was Minister of State for Revenue, Disaster Management, Rehabilitation and Housing in Haryana state government, while his son Naveen was a member of the Parliament of India.
Source : wikipedia
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Prakash Jindal (ओम प्रकाश जिन्दल) (7 August 1930 – 31 March 2005),
popularly known as O.P. Jindal, was born in Hisar,
Haryana. He
established a successful business enterprise Jindal Steel and Power under the
flagship of the Jindal Organization, of which he was the chairman. In November
2004, Jindal was awarded the prestigious "Life Time Achievement
Award" for his outstanding contribution to the Indian Steel Industry by
the Bengal Chamber of Commerce and
Industry. According to the latest Forbes List,
he was ranked 13th amongst the richest Indians and
placed 548th amongst the richest persons of the world.
Jindal was appointed Minister of Power in the Government of Haryana. He won the Hisar Legislative Assembly seat of Haryana three times consecutively. He was also a Member of the Committee on Food, Civil Supplies and Public Distribution from 1996 to 1997.
Jindal was elected to the Haryana Vidhan Sabha (the Haryana state government) in February 2005, and was the Minister of Power in the Government of Haryana at the time of his death. He was the Chairman of the N.C. Jindal Charitable Trust; Patron and Trustee of Agroha Vikas Trust and Agroha Medical College.
His 4 sons, Prithviraj Jindal, Sajjan Jindal, Ratan Jindal and Naveen Jindal now run the steel and power empire. His widow Savitri Jindal was Minister of State for Revenue, Disaster Management, Rehabilitation and Housing in Haryana state government, while his son Naveen was a member of the Parliament of India.
Source : wikipedia
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