Satya Narayan Gourisaria
Satya Narayan Gourisaria | |
|---|---|
| Born | 7 May 1929 |
| Awards | Padma Shri |
Satya Narayan Gourisaria is an Indian born British company secretary, Gandhian[1] and a former secretary of the India League,[2][3] an Indian independence movement organization founded by V. K. Krishna Menon.[4] He was born on 7 May 1929 at Dhanbad, in the Indian state of Bihar but shifted to East Bengal, then in erstwhile East Pakistan to return to India in 1948, a year after the Indian independence.[5] He did his college studies at Scottish Church College, Kolkata and migrated to United Kingdom in the 1950s to stay there for 61 years.[5] A former company secretary at Douglas Fraser and Sons (London) Limited, Gourisaria has also held the directorship of the now defunct Ashoka Publications.[1] During his stay in London, he is known to have assisted in cultural exchanges by hiring cinemas to show Indian films and bringing Indian film personalities to London for shows, a show by Lata Mangeshkar at the Royal Albert Hall in 1974 being a notable one.[5] He returned to India in 2013. He was honored by the Government of India, in 2000, with the fourth highest Indian civilian award of Padma Shri.[6]
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References
[edit]- ^ a b "Due Dil". Due Dil. 2014. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
- ^ "High Commission of India". High Commission of India, London. 30 January 2012. Archived from the original on 4 September 2014. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
- ^ "The Open University". The Open University, London. 2014. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
- ^ a b c "Telegraph India". Telegraph India. 18 August 2013. Archived from the original on 23 August 2013. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
- ^ "Padma Awards" (PDF). Padma Awards. 2014. Retrieved 11 November 2014.