Ratanchand Hirachand
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Ratanchand Hirachand Doshi (1902–1981) was a scion of Walchand group, an industrialist, philanthropist, freedom fighter, and Jain social leader.{{cite book|title=Business Legends – Gita Piramal|year=1999|pages=156, 168, 219, 276, 280, 300, 612|isbn=9780140271874|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Gt5WXOQ08DYC&q=ratanchand&pg=PA639|last1=Piramal|first1=Gita|publisher=Penguin Books India }}[http://www.indianautographs.com/productdetail-104344.html Ratanchand Hirachand – freedom fighter]
Biography
He was son of Hirachand Doshi from his second marriage and was half-brother of Walchand Hirachand, who was born from the first marriage of his father. He was born in Solapur in Maharashtra in a Jain family of Gujarati origin. His other brothers were Gulabchand Hirachand and Lalchand Hirachand.
When he grew up he joined his brother, Walchand and served various group companies like The Scindia Steam Navigation Company Ltd., Walchandnagar Industries, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, Ravalgaon Sugar, Hindustand Construstion, and Premier Automobiles Limited. In 1931, when Walchand floated Indian Hume Pipe, he made Ratanchand its Director-in-charge. Further, he headed Walchand group, Cooper Engineering for several years.{{cite book|title=The Madras Stock Exchange official year-book: Volume 18|year=1971|pages=590|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qGAiAQAAMAAJ&q=ratanchand+hirachand|last1=Exchange|first1=Madras Stock}}
He also served on various committees and planning commission in the 1940s.{{cite book|title=Encyclopaedia Of Professional Education (10 Vol.) By B.R. Sinha|year=2003|pages=105|isbn=9788176254106|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AE3k6fhL2fEC&q=ratanchand+hirachand&pg=PA105|last1=Sinha|first1=B. R.|publisher=Sarup & Sons }} He published several books on the Jain religion of which the book titled The Religion of Ahimsa published in 1957 is noted one.{{cite book|title=Acarya Kundakunda's Samayasara By Appaswami Chakravarti, Amṛtacandra, Kundakunda, Kundakunda|year=2008|pages=10|isbn=9788126315574|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pQ0vRfnW69oC&q=ratanchand+hirachand&pg=PA10 |author1=Kundakunda |publisher=Bharatiya Jnanpith }} He published in the Marathi, as well in Hindi, biographies on his father Seth Hirachand Nemchand and others like Dinanath Bapuji, Magudkar.{{cite book|title=India's Industrialists, Volume 1 By Margaret Herdeck, Gita Piramal|year=1985|pages=451|isbn=9780894104152|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xcbBEHHI-90C&q=ratanchand+hirachand&pg=PA451|last1=Herdeck|first1=Margaret|last2=Piramal|first2=Gita|publisher=Three Continents Press }}
He was trustee of various schools, colleges and hospitals run by Walchand group.[http://www.hndpune.com/about HND Pune » About Us] {{webarchive|url =https://web.archive.org/web/20120101163230/http://www.hndpune.com/about |date=1 January 2012 }}
He is survived by a son, Rajas Doshi, who is director in several Walchand group companies.{{Cite web|url=http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=25497308&ticker=INHP:IN|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130118141713/http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=25497308&ticker=INHP:IN|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 January 2013|title=Rajas Ratanchand Doshi, Indian Hume Pipe Co LTD: Profile and Biography}}
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