| Name
/ Title |
KARAN
Faridoon BILLIMORIA |
| Date of
Birth |
November 26, 1961 |
| Identity |
Indian-origin British Entrepreneur and a Life Peer |
| General |
- He was born in
Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India.
- He is best known as one of the two
founders and Chairman of Cobra Beer.
- Founding Member of the Prime Minister of India's
Global Advisory Council (2010- )
- Founding Chairman and President
of the UK India Business Council (2007-2009)
- Jul 17, 2014: He was installed as the
7th Chancellor of the University of Birmingham.
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| Other |
- About his father:
- Lt. General Faridoon
Noshire Bilimoria PVSM
(1933-2005), popularly known as
'General Billy'.
- He was the General Officer
Commanding-in-Chief of the
Central Army Command of the
Indian Army.
- He had also served as ADC to
the first Indian President, Dr.
Rajendra Prasad.
- He had commanded the 2/5
Gorkha Rifles during the
Bangladesh Liberation War.
- He was also sent by the
Government of India to Sri Lanka
in 1990 to review the work of
the Indian Peace Keeping Force
which had been deployed in that
country during the Sri Lankan
Civil War under the Indo-Sri
Lanka Accord, and it was on his
recommendations that the force
was recalled in 1990, ending
India's military engagement with
the LTTE.
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