{"product_id":"ardeshir-pirojsha-godrej-children-stories-amar-chitra-katha-english-book","title":"Ardeshir \u0026 Pirojsha Godrej","description":"\u003cp id=\"p-rc_49b06fbb202558b2-90\" data-path-to-node=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-1218 citation-1219 citation-1220 citation-1221\"\u003e125 years ago, Ardeshir Godrej, a young man of 29 years, set up a small factory in Lalbaug in Bombay to make locks - the first of its kind in India. This was the humble origin, of what today has become \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-1217 citation-1218 citation-1219 citation-1220 citation-1221\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-1216 citation-1217 citation-1218 citation-1219 citation-1220 citation-1221 citation-end-1221\"\u003ea trusted household name—'G\u003csup data-turn-source-index=\"1\" class=\"superscript\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-1216 citation-1217 citation-1218 citation-1219 citation-1220 citation-end-1220\"\u003eodrej'. The story of the Godre\u003csup data-turn-source-index=\"2\" class=\"superscript\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-1216 citation-1217 citation-1218 citation-1219 citation-end-1219\"\u003ej family is a tale of courage, inno\u003csup data-turn-source-index=\"3\" class=\"superscript\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-1216 citation-1217 citation-1218 citation-end-1218\"\u003evation and entrepreneursh\u003csup data-turn-source-index=\"4\" class=\"superscript\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-1216 citation-1217 citation-end-1217\"\u003eip.\u003csup data-turn-source-index=\"5\" class=\"superscript\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-1216 citation-end-1216\"\u003e\u003csup data-turn-source-index=\"6\" class=\"superscript\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"source-inline-chip-container ng-star-inserted\"\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp id=\"p-rc_49b06fbb202558b2-91\" data-path-to-node=\"2\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-1214\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-1214 citation-1215\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-index-in-node=\"0\" data-path-to-node=\"2\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-1214 citation-1215\"\u003eArdeshir Burjorji Godrej\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-1214 citation-1215\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-1210 citation-1214 citation-1215\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-1210 citation-1211 citation-1214 citation-1215\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-1210 citation-1211 citation-1212 citation-1214 citation-1215\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-1210 citation-1211 citation-1212 citation-1213 citation-1214 citation-1215 citation-end-1215\"\u003edealt with personal tragedy and many disappointments before fin\u003csup data-turn-source-index=\"7\" class=\"superscript\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-1210 citation-1211 citation-1212 citation-1213 citation-1214 citation-end-1214\"\u003eding his true c\u003csup data-turn-source-index=\"8\" class=\"superscript\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-1210 citation-1211 citation-1212 citation-1213 citation-end-1213\"\u003ealling - making complex mechanisms for locks. He was an inventor, who looked up to nationalist leaders like Dadabhai Naoroji, Gopal Krishna Gokhale, Lokmanya Tilak\u003csup data-turn-source-index=\"9\" class=\"superscript\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-1210 citation-1211 citation-1212 citation-end-1212\"\u003e and Mahatma Gandhi. Infuriated by India's impoverishment at the hands of the British, the call to action of the Swadeshi Movement resonated d\u003csup data-turn-source-index=\"10\" class=\"superscript\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-1210 citation-1211\"\u003eeeply with him. After successfully launching businesses in locks, safes, and soaps; his agile mind never ceased \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-1209 citation-1210 citation-1211 citation-end-1211\"\u003eto look for new products to prove that 'Made in\u003csup data-turn-source-index=\"11\" class=\"superscript\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-1209 citation-1210 citation-end-1210\"\u003e India' quality could not only meet, but exceed world class standards\u003csup data-turn-source-index=\"12\" class=\"superscript\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-1209 citation-end-1209\"\u003e.\u003csup data-turn-source-index=\"13\" class=\"superscript\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"source-inline-chip-container ng-star-inserted\"\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp id=\"p-rc_49b06fbb202558b2-92\" data-path-to-node=\"3\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-1208\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-index-in-node=\"0\" data-path-to-node=\"3\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-1208\"\u003ePirojsha Burjorji Godrej\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-1208\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-1206 citation-1208\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-1206 citation-1207 citation-1208 citation-end-1208\"\u003ewas Ardeshir's younger brother, who had a penchant for numbers, and shared the same nationalist ideals as his sibli\u003csup data-turn-source-index=\"14\" class=\"superscript\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-1206 citation-1207 citation-end-1207\"\u003eng. He expanded the business into steel furniture, typewriters, refrigerators, forklift trucks, trucks and machine tools. Meticulous about quality, customer satisfaction and worker's welfare, his most notable achievement was the transformation of the tiny\u003csup data-turn-source-index=\"15\" class=\"superscript\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-1206 citation-end-1206\"\u003e hamlet of Vikhroli (a suburb in Mumbai) into a thriving industrial township, renamed Pirojshanagar after his death in \u003csup data-turn-source-index=\"16\" class=\"superscript\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e1972.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Amar Chitra Katha","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47844830347523,"sku":"HEB000001266","price":99.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0607\/9859\/9427\/files\/hg.jpg?v=1773665606","url":"https:\/\/harivubooks.com\/products\/ardeshir-pirojsha-godrej-children-stories-amar-chitra-katha-english-book","provider":"Harivu Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}