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Om Prakash Munjal – founder of Hero Cycle Limited, passed away

August 14, 2015Person in NewsOmkar Sawant

The founder of Hero Cycle – Om Prakash Munjal passed away following a brief illness at the DMC Hero Heart Centre, Ludhiana. He was 87.

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About Om Prakash Munjal

  • Om Prakash was born on 26 August 1928 in Kamalia, Punjab (then British India).
  • Later, he shifted to Amritsar in 1944 to start a bicycle spare parts business with his three brothers and began the complete manufacturing of bicycle under brand name Hero.

World’s Largest Integrated Bicycle Manufacturer

  • Today the Hero Cycles Limited is the world’s largest integrated bicycle manufacturing company that manufactures 7.5 million cycles per year.
  • Hero Group now has its foot print in sectors like bicycle components, automotive, automotive components, IT, services etc.

Awards and Honours

Om Prakash had recieved various awards including

  1. Udyog Rattan Award from Punjab Government
  2. Punjab Ratna award
  3. The Samman Patra award towards for the contribution to exchequer of the Punjab state government
  4. The Indira Gandhi National Unity award to recognize his social contribution.
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