India | Updated Mar 06, 2010 at 11:29am IST

Noted industrialist GP Birla passes away

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Kolkata: Noted industrialist G P Birla has died at his residence here on Friday night. He was 86.

Birla had been ill for some time with various ailments and took his last breath late last night, family sources said.

G P Birla, the father of C K Birla, was the head of GP-CK Birla group of companies which owns Hindustan Motors, Orient Fans and Orient Papers.

The GP-CK Birla group has major interest in automobiles, earth moving and electrical equipment.

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