Today, when we talk about the rich people of the country, names like Mukesh Ambani, Gautam Adani and Tata come to the fore, but have you ever wondered who was the first billionaire of India (First Billionaire Independence India) when the country got independence? ? The country is celebrating 78th Independence Day today. In such a situation, let us know who was the richest person in the country in 1947 and how much property did he have?
Who was the first rich billionaire of independent India?
The country became independent on 15 August 1947, at that time the richest person in the country was Mir Osman Ali Khan, who became the Nizam of Hyderabad in 1911 and when India became independent in 1947, he still remained the Nizam of Hyderabad. Mir Osman Ali Khan had mines of precious gems like diamonds, gold and sapphires and topaz. It was said that trucks full of gold bricks were parked in his garden. Not only this, there was also a collection of luxury cars.
Diamonds, private plane and Rolls Royce cars were worth so many crores.
Mir Osman Ali Khan had a 185 carat Jacob diamond, which he used as a paperweight. The price of that diamond was Rs 1340 crore. He had many expensive cars, it is said that when Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Limited refused to sell his car to Mir Osman, the ruler of Hyderabad bought some old Rolls-Royce cars and threw them in the garbage. Used to use. He had 50 Rolls Royce cars. He even had a private plane.
the property was worth so many crores
As of today, Mir Osman Ali Khan had a wealth of 230 billion dollars (about 18 lakh crores) (Usman Ali Khan Net Worth). His total wealth at that time was 2 percent of America’s GDP. Nizam Usman was born on April 6, 1886. He comes fourth in the list of the world’s richest people of all time. Most of his wealth came from the diamond mines of Golconda. He was also the richest person in the world at that time.
During the First World War, he helped the British by sending weapons and money. He also built a separate mint for minting coins. Usman has also been awarded the title of ‘Knight Grand Commander of Star of India’. But the interesting thing is that despite all this, the stories not of the Nizam’s royal grandeur but of his stinginess were famous all over the world.
The outfit was quite simple
It is said about the Nizam that instead of most of the royal clothes, he used to wear unironed kurta-pajama and had simple slippers on his feet. He had a Turkish cap, which he wore for 35 years. The place where they slept were old beds, broken tables and chairs, an ashtray filled with ashes, and wastebaskets full of garbage.
Didn’t even give up the cigarette he smoked
It is also said about the Nizam that he did not leave even the cigarettes smoked by the guests. He used to eat food in the usual manner, sitting on an ordinary carpet. If a guest came to his house and left after smoking a cigarette, he would smoke the remaining part also.