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Read about a true story as to how business was done
based on shear trust and honesty in the old days
(around 1830- 1840). This story involved the famous Nagar seth of Ahmedavad, Seth Himabhai and Nagar
Seth of Jetpur, Seth Nabherambhai Kamdar. Seth
Himabhai had honored a hundi of one lakh 50
thousand rupees from Seth Narbherambhai without
having personally known him. At present value, it
could be equivalent to 300 to 400 crore rupees.
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The special bond that
Seth Himabhai and Seth Narbherambhai left, was
revived unknowingly in 1970 at Atul's Factory in
Valsad (Gujarat). That story goes a little something
like this. Niranjan Mehta, the great grandson of
Narbheram Seth, was the captain of the Gujarat
Cricket team. The host of the match was the local
industrialist, Seth Siddarth Kasturbhai Lalbhai.
Before the match day, Seth Siddarth's son, Sunil
(age 10) was stricken with typhoid. As a great fan
of cricket, he wanted to meet, Gujarat's captain,
Niranjan Mehta and Maharashtra's captain Chandu
Borde. His father, Seth Siddarth, invited Borde and
Niranjan Mehta to his home, without him knowing that
this Niranjan Mehta is the great grandson of Seth
Narbheram (see the picture on the right). This is
the same Seth Narbheram that Seth Himabhai visited
in 1830 in Jetpur. To these great business families
were able to maintain contact by forces unknown.
Both families have the longest family recorded
history in the world. |
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