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Bangur family

Named among India's leading Marwari business houses

One of four Marwari houses that together held a third of the assets of India's top ten business houses as of 1986.

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As of 1986, the Birlas, the Singhanias, the Modis, and the Bangurs (all Marwari business houses) accounted for one third of the total assets of the top ten business houses in India [Dubashi 1996 cited in Hardgrove 2004:3].

Hometowns of the Marwaris, Diasporic Traders in Indiasrc-h.slav.hokudai.ac.jp

In the social hierarchy of the Marwari business community, we were at best on the third rung. Families like the Birlas, Singhanias, Bangurs, Dalmias, Somanis, Goenkas, Sarafs, Poddars, Khaitans and a few dozen others who had transformed themselves from traders to industrialists in the early part of the last century, were at the top.

Marwaris' unique talent for business comes from one quality. It's called 'baniya buddhi'theprint.in

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