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Rai Bahadur Amba Prasad | |
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 Amba Pershad at a public function in 1936 | |
| Born | 1860 (1860) Delhi, India |
| Died | 1950 (aged 89–90) |
| Occupation | Philanthropy |
| Known for | Business, charitable works |
Rai BahadurAmba Prasad (c. 1860 – 1950) was an Indian businessman and philanthropist.
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Amba Prasad was born inDelhi c. 1860, in an eminent business family. His father, Lala Gopal Rai, and grandfather, Lala Gulab Singh were traders and bankers of Delhi. He studied at the Anglo-Sanskrit Victoria Jubilee High-School.
As a young man he went into manufacturing and trading in dyes and chemicals. He started a trading company,Amba Prasad Jadavjee & Co. and introduced colorful and graphic labels for his products. He later sold the rights to these labels and trademarks to companies includingCiba andBayer.
In 1916 he contributedRs 80,000 to his old school to build a new school building atDaryaganj;[1] the building is known asAmba Prasad Vidyalay, and is now a registered heritage structure. He was also one of the founders of theHindu College inDelhi.
He died in 1950, aged approximately 90 years.
Bhawani Shanker also built the Amba Cinema named after Amba Pershad, which opened in 1963.[2] In 1992 another landmark of the New Delhi skyline opened, also named after Amba Pershad,Ambadeep Building on Kasturba Gandhi Marg, one of thetallest buildings in Delhi.[3]