Mullapudi Harischandra Prasad, (28 July 1921 – 3 September 2011) was an Indian politician and industrialist from South India, specifically from Andhra Pradesh. He was the chairman and managing director of the Andhra Sugars Group. He was also the managing director of Andhra Petrochemicals and the President of the Federation of Andhra Pradesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FAPCCI). He is regarded as one of the pioneers of Andhra Pradesh industry having started Andhra Sugars in 1947 – one among the first industries set up in Independent India and hence called "Andhra Birla". He established the first aspirin factory in India and created a rocket fuel unit that supplied to Indian Space Research Organisation.
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28 July 1921 Tanuku, Andhra Pradesh
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Died |
3 September 2011 (aged 90) Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh
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Zodiac | Leo |
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