Jamnalal Bajaj

Jamnalal Bajaj
Bajaj on a 1970 Stamp of India
Born
Jamnalal Kaniram Bajaj

(1889-11-04)4 November 1889
Died11 February 1942(1942-02-11) (aged 52)
Occupations
Spouse
(m. 1902)
Children5 (including Kamalnayan Bajaj)

Jamnalal Kaniram Bajaj (4 November 1889 – 11 February 1942) was an Indian businessman and politician. He founded the Bajaj Group of companies in the 1920s, and the group now has 24 companies, including six that are listed on the bourses. He was also a close and beloved associate of Mahatma Gandhi, who is known to have often declared that Jamnalal was his fifth son.