Khwaja Abdul Hamied

Khwaja Abdul Hamied
Born(1898-10-31)31 October 1898
Aligarh, North-Western Provinces, British India
(now in Uttar Pradesh, India)
Died23 June 1972(1972-06-23) (aged 73)
Tehran, Iran
NationalityIndian
Alma mater
Known forFounder of Cipla
Scientific career
Fields

Khwaja Abdul Hamied FCS, FRIC (31 October 1898 – 23 June 1972) was an Indian industrial and pharmaceutical chemist who founded Cipla, India's oldest pharmaceutical company in 1935. His son, Yusuf Hamied headed the company after him for the next 52 years.

Khwaja Abdul Hamied was active in the Indian independence movement and a champion of composite nationalism.

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