death_date nationality relatives parents birth_date article_title name
17 january 2007 indian gautam thapar -lrb- nephew -rrb- karam chand thapar -lrb- father -rrb- 27 october 1930 l. m. thapar
 lalit mohan thapar
l. m. thapar

lalit mohan thapar -lrb- october 27 , 1930 - january 17 , 2007 -rrb- , often referred to by his initials lmt , headed the lm thapar group of companies .
he was born to karam chand thapar , the founder of the thapar group of companies that owned industrial powerhouses such as crompton greaves , bilt and jct mills .
inder mohan thapar , brij mohan thapar and man mohan thapar are his brothers .
-lsb- http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1489841.cms] he was educated at the doon school .
he graduated in engineering from the university of southern california , usa .
he became chairman of ballarpur industries limited in 1962 .
-lsb- http://www.bilt.com/investor/directors_1.asp?id=7] .
he died of cardiac and renal failure in new delhi on january 17 , 2007 .
