| Name(s) |
Rai Bahadur MOHAN SINGH OBEROI |
| Date of
Birth |
August 15, 1898 |
| Date of
Death |
May 03, 2002 |
|
Identity |
Indian hotelier, the founder and chairman of Oberoi Hotels
& Resorts. |
|
Date-wise Events / Works |
- 1922 - he started
his hotel career as a billing clerk
at Shimla's The Cecil.
- 1948 -
he established East India Hotels, now
known as EIH Ltd., whose first acquisition was the Oberoi Grand
Hotel in Calcutta.
- April 1955 - he was elected President
of the Federation of Hotel and Restaurant Associations of
India.
- 1960 - he was named President of Honour
of the Federation for life.
- April 1962 to March 1968 - Member of
Rajya Sabha of Indian Parliament.
- 1965 -
in partnership with international hotel chains, he opened
the Oberoi Intercontinental in Delhi, India's first modern
five-star, world-class hotel.
- April 1972 to April 1978 - Member of
Rajya Sabha of Indian Parliament.
- April 1968 - He was elected to the
fourth Lok Sabha and remained a Member of that House till
December 1970.
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Other Events &
Developments |
-
Oberoi Hotels and Resorts is India's second-largest hotel
company, with 35 hotels in India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Egypt,
Australia and Hungary.
|
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Awards and Accolades |
- Admission to the Hall of Fame by
the American Society of Travel
Agents (ASTA).
- Man of The World by the
International Hotel Association
(IHA) New York.
- Named by Newsweek as one of the
"Elite Winners of 1978"
- 1943 - He was
presented with the title Rai Bahadur
(pater familiae) by His Majesty the
King of Great Britan.
- 2000 - PHDCCI
Millennium award.
- 2001 -
He was awarded the Padma Bhushan, India's 3rd
highest civilian award.
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