| 1. Born in Kolkata to Basant Kumar Birla and Sarla Birla. |
| 2. Grandfather Ghanshyam Das Birla was an associate of Mahatma Gandhi. |
| 3. Took over Birla company at the age of 22. |
| 4. Established the group’s first overseas company in 1969. |
| 5. Honored as 'Business Person of the Year' in 1990. |
| 6. Diagnosed with prostate cancer and passed away in 1995. |
| 7. Former Indian Prime Minister (then Finance Minister) praised his work. |
| 8. Aditya Birla Scholarships and Memorial Hospital named after him. |
| 9. Initiated awards for excellence in theatre and performing arts. |
| 10. Commemorative stamp released in his name by the Government of India. |
| 11. Earned a degree in chemical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. |
| 12. Initiated the first Indian joint-venture company in Indonesia, a textile plant in the Philippines, moved into palm-oil refining in Malaysia and built advanced plants to manufacture viscose rayon fiber in Indonesia and carbon black in Egypt. |
| 13. Set up 15 companies in South and Southeast Asia and the Middle East since the late 1970's. |
| 14. Signed agreements with AT&T Corporation to provide telephone and cellular services in India. |
