Birla family tree
Baldeo Das Birla's four sons, G. D. Birla's branches, and Kumar Mangalam Birla. Through the Bhartia and Kothari marriage, the Birlas are related to Dhirubhai Ambani's family.
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Who is related to whom in the Birla family
How is Kumar Mangalam Birla related to G. D. Birla?
Ghanshyam Das Birla is Kumar Mangalam Birla’s paternal great-grandfather (pardada in Hindi).
How is Kumar Mangalam Birla related to K. K. Birla?
Krishna Kumar Birla is Kumar Mangalam Birla’s paternal great-uncle. Both descend from Ghanshyam Das Birla and Mahadevi Birla.
How is Shobhana Bhartia related to Kumar Mangalam Birla?
Kumar Mangalam Birla is Shobhana Bhartia’s first cousin once removed (her paternal cousin’s son). Both descend from Ghanshyam Das Birla and Mahadevi Birla.
How is Kumar Mangalam Birla related to Mukesh Ambani?
Mukesh Ambani is Kumar Mangalam Birla’s paternal second cousin’s wife’s uncle.
How is Shobhana Bhartia related to Mukesh Ambani?
Mukesh Ambani is Shobhana Bhartia’s son’s wife’s uncle.
How is G. D. Birla related to Baldeo Das Birla?
Baldeo Das Birla is Ghanshyam Das Birla’s father.
How is Aditya Vikram Birla related to K. K. Birla?
Krishna Kumar Birla is Aditya Vikram Birla’s paternal uncle (tau in Hindi). Both descend from Ghanshyam Das Birla and Mahadevi Birla.
How is C. K. Birla related to Kumar Mangalam Birla?
Kumar Mangalam Birla is C. K. Birla’s second cousin once removed (his paternal second cousin’s son). Both descend from Baldeo Das Birla.
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The Birla family, generation by generation
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- Shobharam Birla
- Shiv Narain Birla: The childless trader from Pilani who adopted Baldeo Das Birla. · married Kundini Devi Birla
- Baldeo Das Birla (1863 – 1956): Industrialist and philanthropist, the adopted son of Shiv Narayan Birla; father of Jugal Kishore, Rameshwar Das, G. D. and Braj Mohan. · married Yogeshwari Devi Birla
- Braj Mohan Birla (1905 – 1982): Baldeo Das's youngest son. · married Rukmini Devi Birla
- Ganga Prasad Birla (1922 – 2010): Braj Mohan Birla's son.
- C. K. Birla (b. 1956): Ganga Prasad Birla's son and head of the CK Birla Group. · married Amita Birla (b. 1956): C. K. Birla's wife, a daughter of Lord Bagri.
- Baldeo Das Birla’s children whose other parent the sources don’t name:
- Jugal Kishore Birla (1883 – 1967): Baldeo Das's eldest son, who built the Laxminarayan Temple in Delhi.
- Rameshwar Das Birla (1892 – 1973): Baldeo Das's second son.
- Madhav Prasad Birla (1918 – 1990): Rameshwar Das Birla's son. · married Priyamvada Birla
- Ghanshyam Das Birla (1894 – 1983): Baldeo Das's third son; he bought his first jute mill in 1919, paid for and later took over the Hindustan Times, and founded the branch behind the Aditya Birla Group. · married Mahadevi Birla
- Lakshmi Niwas Birla (1909 – 1994): G. D. Birla's eldest son.
- Sudarshan Birla
- Sidharth Birla
- Meenakshi Bangur · married Yogesh Bangur
- Krishna Kumar Birla (1918 – 2008): G. D. Birla's son, an industrialist and Congress politician who owned the Hindustan Times group. · married Manorama Devi Birla (? – 2008)
- Shobhana Bhartia (b. 1957): K. K. Birla's daughter, chairperson of HT Media and a nominated member of the Rajya Sabha from 2006 to 2012. · married Shyam Sunder Bhartia (b. 1952): Shobhana Bhartia's husband and a co-founder of the Jubilant Bhartia Group.
- Shamit Bhartia: Shobhana and Shyam Sunder Bhartia's son; married to Nayantara Kothari, a granddaughter of Dhirubhai Ambani. · married Nayantara Kothari: Nina and Bhadrashyam Kothari's daughter, married to Shamit Bhartia.
- Jyoti Poddar: K. K. Birla's daughter.
- Nandini Nopany: K. K. Birla's daughter.
- Basant Kumar Birla (1921 – 2019): G. D. Birla's son and the father of Aditya Vikram Birla. · married Sarla Birla (1924 – 2015): Basant Kumar Birla's wife, daughter of Brajlal Biyani.
- Aditya Vikram Birla (1943 – 1995): Chairman of the Aditya Birla Group until his death in 1995; father of Kumar Mangalam Birla. · married Rajashree Birla (b. 1948): Aditya Vikram Birla's wife and Kumar Mangalam's mother; a philanthropist.
- Kumar Mangalam Birla (b. 1967): Chairman of the Aditya Birla Group since 1995. · married Neerja Birla (b. 1971): Kumar Mangalam Birla's wife.
- Ananya Birla (b. 1994): Kumar Mangalam Birla's elder daughter.
- Aryaman Birla (b. 1997): Kumar Mangalam Birla's son.
- Advaitesha Birla (b. 2004): Kumar Mangalam Birla's younger daughter.
- Vasavadatta Bajaj: Aditya Vikram Birla's daughter and Kumar Mangalam's younger sister. · married Kushagra Bajaj (b. 1977): Businessman married to Vasavadatta Birla.
- Jayashree Mohta (b. c.1950): Basant Kumar Birla's elder daughter.
- Manjushree Khaitan (c.1955 – 2024): Basant Kumar Birla's younger daughter.
- Vidula Jalan (? – 2023)
Also in this tree, through marriage
- Brajlal Biyani (1896 – 1968)
- Vasudev Salgaocar (1916 – 1984)
- Ramnikbhai Ambani (c.1925 – 2020): Dhirubhai Ambani's elder brother.
- Lord Raj Bagri (1930 – 2017): Metals trader and member of the House of Lords; father of Amita Birla.
- Dhirubhai Ambani (1932 – 2002): Founded Reliance in 1958 and took it public in 1977.
- Kokilaben Ambani (b. 1934): Dhirubhai Ambani's wife.
- Arunkumar Mehta (1940 – 2020)
- Ajay Piramal (b. 1955): Anand Piramal's father.
- Swati Piramal (b. 1956): Anand Piramal's mother.
- Tina Ambani (b. 1957): Anil Ambani's wife, the former actress Tina Munim.
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- Mukesh Ambani (b. 1957): Dhirubhai's elder son; he heads Reliance Industries.
- Saurabh Patel (b. 1958): Ila Ambani's husband, a long-serving Gujarat minister.
- Anil Ambani (b. 1959): Dhirubhai's younger son; he chaired the Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group.
- Bhadrashyam Kothari (1961 – 2015): Nina Kothari's husband, of the Kothari family of Kothari Products.
- Deepti Salgaocar (b. 1962): Dhirubhai Ambani's younger daughter.
- Nina Kothari (b. 1962): Dhirubhai Ambani's elder daughter.
- Nita Ambani (b. 1963): Mukesh Ambani's wife.
- Viren Ajitkumar Merchant (b. 1965)
- Anand Piramal (b. 1985): Isha Ambani's husband, son of Ajay and Swati Piramal.
- Arjun B Kothari (b. 1990): Nina and Bhadrashyam Kothari's son.
- Shloka Mehta (b. 1990): Akash Ambani's wife, daughter of Russell Mehta.
- Akash Ambani (b. 1991): Mukesh and Nita Ambani's elder son, chairman of Reliance Jio.
- Isha Ambani (b. 1991): Mukesh and Nita Ambani's daughter and Akash's twin.
- Jai Anmol Ambani (b. 1991): Anil and Tina Ambani's elder son.
- Radhika Merchant Ambani (b. 1994): Anant Ambani's wife; they married in July 2024.
- Anant Ambani (b. 1995): Mukesh and Nita Ambani's younger son.
- Jai Anshul Ambani (b. 1996): Anil and Tina Ambani's younger son.
- Prithvi Ambani (b. 2020)
- Krishna Piramal (b. 2022)
- Aadiya Piramal (b. 2022)
- Vikram Salgaocar
- Hirachand Gordhanbhai Ambani
- Ila Ambani: Ramnikbhai Ambani's daughter, a first cousin of Mukesh and Anil Ambani.
- Gajanand Tapuriah
- Nani Devi Tapuriah
- Ratilal Jashraj Patel
- Rukshmaniben
- Khrisha Shah Ambani: Jai Anmol Ambani's wife.
- Jamnaben
- Nandini Piramal
- Russell Mehta: Shloka Mehta's father.
- Shishir Bajaj
- Dattaraj Salgaocar
- Shaila Merchant
- Isheta Salgaocar
- Mona Mehta
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- Ghanshyam Das Birla: photo by Vkrsen, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Brajlal Biyani: photo by India Post, Government of India, GODL-India
- Krishna Kumar Birla: photo by India Post, Government of India, GODL-India
- Basant Kumar Birla: photo by Biswarup Ganguly, CC BY 3.0
- Sarla Birla: photo by Biswarup Ganguly, CC BY 3.0
- Dhirubhai Ambani: photo by India Post, Government of India, GODL-India
- Aditya Vikram Birla: photo by India Post, Government of India, GODL-India
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