Purshotamdas Thakurdas

Sir Purshottamdas Thakurdas (1879–1961),, was a Gujarati cotton trader, mill owner, businessman and industrialist from Mumbai, India. He was one of the signatory of Bombay Plan, which was set of proposals for the post-independence economy of India. He along with GD Birla established the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry in 1927 on the advice of Mahatma Gandhi. He was a member of the Hilton Young Commission. He was a member of the Acworth Committee. He headed the Foodgrain Policy Committee of 1947 and had served as the Sheriff of Bombay in 1920.