OUR LEGACY
Business should be pursued with a view to benefit the poor, not just to become a millionaire or a billionaire.
Sri Jamnalal Bajaj
OUR GUIDING HANDS
Jamnalal Bajaj - The Man on a great Mission
Shri Jamnalal Bajaj was accepted by Mahatma Gandhi as his fifth son and became the alter ego of the Mahatma for all constructive programmes. He sowed the seeds of traditional and cultural values in the hearts and minds of people of Wardha.
THE BIRTH OF A LEGACY
1889
Jamnalal Bajaj was born on November 4 in Kashi-ka-bas, Rajasthan
1902
Jankidevi Bajaj was married to Jamnalal Bajaj at a very young age & lived a life of purpose for the betterment of the people
1921
With his increasing involvement in the freedom movement, Jamnalal Bajaj surrendered his title of Rai Bahadurship
1923
Jamnalal Bajaj became the chairman of All India Khaddar Board to organise and carry on Khadi work throughout the country
1930
Jankidevi Bajaj along with Jamnalal Bajaj, Kasturba Gandhi camped at the Vile Parle to break the Salt Satyagraha and she continued addressing crowd to break the salt laws, encouraging people to wear Khadi, boycott of foreign goods, picketing liquor shops in a tour of Bengal and Bihar.
1936
Gandhiji shifted his headquarters permanently to Sewagram, a village near Wardha where Jamnalalji owned majority of the land
1936
Kamalnayan Bajaj became the Director of Mukand Iron and Steel
1941
Ramkrishna Bajaj Participated in the Individual Satyagraha
1956
Jankidevi Bajaj was awarded Padma Vibhushan by the then president of India, Dr. Rajendra Prasad
1957
Kamalnayan Bajaj was elected from Wardha to Lok Sabha
1959
Bajaj Auto obtained a license from the Government of India to manufacture two-wheelers and three-wheelers and obtained a licence from Piaggio to manufacture Vespa scooters in India.
1966
Ramkrishna Bajaj established the Council for Fair Business Practices (formerly known as Fair Trade Practices Association)
1977
Established the Jamnalal Bajaj Foundation and its scheme of Awards felicitating men and women involved at grassroots level and committed to inclusive development working in line with Gandhiji’s constructive work program.
1979
Rahul Bajaj became the President of Confederation of Indian Industry
1984
Ramkrishna Bajaj became the President of Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry
2001
Rahul Bajaj won Padma Bhushan
2003
Rahul Bajaj was the first Indian to be Co-chair at the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum
2006
Rahul Bajaj became a Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha, elected on 16 June