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Question
Name the Indian industrialist on whose 175th birth anniversary, Union government launched the commemorative stamp on 6 January 2015?
Options
G D Birla
T V Sundaram Iyengar
Kasturbhai Lalbhai
Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata
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Solution
Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata
Explanation:
Prime Minister Narendra Modi released a commemorative coin to honour Tata Group founder Jamsetji Tata on his 175th birth anniversary, on January 6, 2015
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