By Our Correspondent
BHUBANESWAR/PURI: A large number of visitors mostly tourists were on Sunday gathered at Puri’s Blue Flag Golden Beach to witness a Sandy image created by well-known sand artist and Padma Shri, Sudarsan Patnaik to pay rich tribute to the legendary industrialist, philanthropist and founder of OP Jindal Group, Shri Om Prakash Jindal on his 92nd Birth Anniversary.
Sources said , Internationally acclaimed sand artist Padma Shri Awardee Pattnaik paid a touching tribute to the legendary industrialist, philanthropist and founder of OP Jindal Group Shri Om Prakash Jindal with a huge sand art at Puri Beach on Sunday.
“Remembering Shri OP Jindal on his 92nd birth anniversary. My SandArt at Puri beach in Odisha . #RememberingBauji,’ Padma Shri Sudarsan Pattnaik tweeted @sudarsansand.
Om Prakash Jindal (7 August 1930 – 31 March 2005), popularly known as O.P. Jindal, was born in Hisar, Haryana. He established a successful business enterprise Jindal Steel and Power under the flagship of the Jindal Organization, of which he was the chairman. In November 2004, Jindal was awarded the “Life Time Achievement Award” for his outstanding contribution to the Indian Steel Industry by the Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry. According to the latest Forbes List, he was ranked 13th amongst the richest Indians and placed 548th amongst the richest persons of the world.[2]
Jindal was appointed Minister of Power in the Government of Haryana. He won the Hisar Legislative Assembly seat of Haryana three times consecutively. He was also a Member of the Committee on Food, Civil Supplies and Public Distribution from 1996 to 1997.
Jindal was elected to the Haryana Vidhan Sabha (the Haryana state government) in February 2005 and was the Minister of Power in the Government of Haryana at the time of his death. He was the Chairman of the N.C. Jindal Charitable Trust; Patron and Trustee of Agroha Vikas Trust and Agroha Medical College.
His four sons, Prithviraj Jindal, Sajjan Jindal, Ratan Jindal and Naveen Jindal now run the steel and power empire. His widow Savitri Jindal was Minister of State for Revenue, Disaster Management, Rehabilitation and Housing in Haryana state government, while his son Naveen was a member of the Parliament.
