Purshotamdas Thakurdas
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Sir[1] Purshottamdas Thakurdas (1879–1961),[2] KBE CIE, was a Gujarati cotton trader, mill owner, businessman and industrialist from Mumbai, India.[3][4][5][6] He was one of the signatory of Bombay Plan, which was set of proposals for the post-independence economy of India.[7][8] He along with GD Birla established the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry in 1927 on the advice of Mahatma Gandhi.[9][10][11][12] He was a member of the Hilton Young Commission.[13] He was a member of the Acworth Committee.[14] He headed the Foodgrain Policy Committee of 1947 and had served as the Sheriff of Bombay in 1920.[15]