 He was among the most successful businessmen of pre-independence India.Govindram Seksaria was born on October 19, 1888 in Nawalgarh in present-day Rajasthan.He lost both his parents at an early and age and had to take responsibility for his wife, brothers Bholaram, Ramnath & Makhanlal & 2 sisters He moved from Nawalgarh to Mumbai (then Bombay) in the early 1900s and started operating under the name of Messrs. Govindram Seksaria.