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Emergency was in 1975 and he died in 1983. You are only looking at his statements or support for Emergency & overlooking and just relegating his contributions to India thru his contributions in Education, healthcare, temples and allied areas.. Any person must be appraised on holistic basis and not from a very narrow prism.. Just compare his contributions against business tycoons of today and you will change ur opinion..
Birla – Indira’s slave. How much ever you whitewash, how much ever perfume you use to make Birla smell good, the truth is, he was nothing but a barking dog of Indira and her Emergency. When Indian Express & Goenka & other Media houses with a backbone opposed Emergency and the Dictator, Birla went out of his way to prosecute & destroy men & women like them. History will always judge him for his dark deeds on those dark days. He & his son, K.K. Birla, belongs to the same category as Mir Jaffar.
Emergency was in 1975 and he died in 1983. You are only looking at his statements or support for Emergency & overlooking and just relegating his contributions to India thru his contributions in Education, healthcare, temples and allied areas.. Any person must be appraised on holistic basis and not from a very narrow prism.. Just compare his contributions against business tycoons of today and you will change ur opinion..
Birla – Indira’s slave. How much ever you whitewash, how much ever perfume you use to make Birla smell good, the truth is, he was nothing but a barking dog of Indira and her Emergency. When Indian Express & Goenka & other Media houses with a backbone opposed Emergency and the Dictator, Birla went out of his way to prosecute & destroy men & women like them. History will always judge him for his dark deeds on those dark days. He & his son, K.K. Birla, belongs to the same category as Mir Jaffar.