Overview
- Lakshmi N. Mittal said his father died peacefully on the evening of January 15 in London, surrounded by family, at the age of 99.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi offered condolences praising his industrial achievements, philanthropy and cultural passion, while Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal lauded the business legacy he founded.
- Born in the 1920s in Karachi, he left in 1945, launched an oil mill in Kanpur that was later destroyed by floods, then shifted to Kolkata to build scrap iron and steel rolling ventures.
- Confronting curbs on Indian steel output in the 1960s–70s, he sent Lakshmi Mittal to Indonesia to establish a plant, a decision credited with starting the family's global steel expansion.
- Family remembrances and an ArcelorMittal note emphasize his counsel, work ethic and values, and he is survived by five children, 11 grandchildren and 22 great-grandchildren.