Basant Kumar Birla
Basant Kumar Birla (12 January 1921 - 3 July 2019) was an Indian businessman. He was a member of the noted Birla family. He was chairman of the Krishnarpan Charity Trust, B.K. Birla Institute of Engineering & Technology (BKBIET) and other educational trusts and institutes. He also wrote many books, including his autobiography Svantah Sukhaya.
Birla was born in Calcutta (now Kolkata). He married Sarla Birla (1923-2015) in 1941, and had three children. Birla died in Mumbai on 3 July 2019, at the age of 98.
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1921 births
2019 deaths
Indian businesspeople
People from Kolkata
Indian philanthropists