# Kailash Chandra Mahindra

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{{Short description|Indian industrialist (1894–1963)}}
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| name               = K. C. Mahindra
| image              = KC Mahindra.jpg
| birth_date         = {{Birth date text|1894|}}
| birth_place        = [Ludhiana](/source/Ludhiana), [Punjab Province](/source/Punjab_Province_(British_India)), [British India](/source/British_India)<br>(present-day [Punjab](/source/Punjab%2C_India), India)
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| occupation         = Co-Founder of [Mahindra & Mahindra](/source/Mahindra_%26_Mahindra)
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'''Kailash Chandra Mahindra''', (1894–1963), was an Indian [industrialist](/source/industrialist), who co-founded Mahindra & Mohammed in 1945 which was later renamed as [Mahindra & Mahindra](/source/Mahindra_%26_Mahindra) in 1948, with [Jagdish Chandra Mahindra](/source/Jagdish_Chandra_Mahindra)<ref>{{cite news |title=ET Awards 2008-09: Lifetime Achievement Award- Keshub Mahindra|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/features/et-awards-2008-09-lifetime-achievement-award--keshub-mahindra/articleshow/4930965.cms |publisher=[The Economic Times](/source/The_Economic_Times) |date=25 August 2009 }}</ref><ref name=he209>Herdeck, p. 209</ref>

==Early life and education==
Kailash Chandra Mahindra, known to all as KC, was born in 1894 in [Ludhiana](/source/Ludhiana), [Punjab Province](/source/Punjab_Province_(British_India)), the second of nine children. When their father died at an early age, his older brother [Jagdish Chandra](/source/Jagdish_Chandra_Mahindra) became head of the family, and KC his best friend and future business partner.

KC attended [Government College, Lahore](/source/Government_College_University%2C_Lahore), where his scholastic aptitude shone through. At the [University of Cambridge](/source/University_of_Cambridge), he earned Honours, played hockey, and took a keen interest in rowing. After graduating, he joined Messrs. Martin & Company, where he edited the monthly magazine ''INDIA'' and, briefly, the ''Hindustan Review''.

==Career==
In 1942, KC was appointed Head of the Indian Purchasing Mission in the [United States](/source/United_States). Returning to [India](/source/India) in 1945, he was appointed the Chairman of the Indian Coal Fields Committee of the [Government of India](/source/Government_of_India) and also of the Automobile and Tractor panel. His contribution to developing strategic coal policies and applying the latest methods of coal mining in India helped shape the industry, and his Coal Commission Report became a seminal document in the industry. During these years, he also wrote Sir [Rajendra Nath Mookerjee](/source/Rajendra_Nath_Mookerjee)'s definitive biography.

==Mahindra & Mahindra==
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In 1946, KC moved to [Bombay](/source/Mumbai) (now called Mumbai) and found [Mahindra & Mahindra](/source/Mahindra_%26_Mahindra). Under his 13-year stewardship as chairman, Mahindra & Mahindra established itself as a major Indian industrial house in several sectors. A glittering career also saw KC serve as a Director of the [Reserve Bank of India](/source/Reserve_Bank_of_India), [Air India](/source/Air_India), and Hindustan Steel.

== References ==
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===Sources===
* {{cite book |title=India's Industrialists, Vol. 1|author=Margaret Herdeck|author2=Gita Piramal |chapter=Mahindra|publisher=Lynne Rienner Publishers |year=1985|isbn=0894104152 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xcbBEHHI-90C&q=JC+Mahindra&pg=PA209 |ref=He }}

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20111017101422/http://www.mahindra.com/Who-We-Are/How-We-Got-Here/K.C.-Mahindra K.C. Mahindra Biography at Official Website of Mahindra & Mahindra]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20111017101422/http://www.mahindra.com/Who-We-Are/How-We-Got-Here Mahindra and an independent India began their rise together]
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