Word: muljibhai
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...family stake was begun by their father, Muljibhai Madhvani, who arrived in Uganda in 1905 to trade in salt, flour and seashells. Eventually he traded up to bicycles and farm tools, plowed the profits into new ventures, and bought the sugar plantation for almost nothing from white landowners afraid of the tsetse fly. Madhvani broke in his sons as plantation laborers and ruled with an iron hand. Jayant recalls that "all our meetings were held over the dinner table, and we never left his presence until 11:30 in the evening." Though he has been dead since 1958, Muljibhai...
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