Mathuradas Vissanji

Sir Mathuradas Vissanji (1916-1949) was an Indian businessman and politician.

Life
He was born on 18 March 1916 in Mumbai, Maharashtra. He died on 22 December 1949.

Business career
He founded the Wallace Mills Company, a family owned textile business, which is today managed by his grandson Hemant Vissanji. The Vissanji family also owned the Bombay Burmah Trading Company which is worth over 1 billion $USD today.

He was the first president of the Cotton Corporation of India.

Political career
He was elected to the Bombay Legislative Assembly in 1935.

In the 1934 Indian general election, he was elected to the Central Legislative Assembly.

Awards and honours
At the 1943 Birthday Honours of King George VI, he was conferred with a knighthood. His name was thus published as Sir Mathuradas Vissanji by the London Gazette from then on.

Family
Sir Mathuradas Vissanji's son was a prominent Indian industrialist, his granddaughter Panna Khatau was married to Sunit Khatau, a member of the Khatau business family.