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Captain Chittarath Poovakkatt Krishnan Nair (9 February 1922 – 17 May 2014) was an Indian businessman who founded The Leela Group. [2][3][4] He was a 2010 recipient of the Padma Bhushan, given by Government of India. [5] He was sometimes popularly known as Captain Nair due to his service in the Indian Army.
May 18, 2014 · Mumbai: C.P. Krishnan Nair joined India’s freedom struggle when he was a schoolboy, enlisted in the Indian army, became one of the pioneers of the handloom industry and exported textiles before...
Apr 9, 2022 · Captain C.P. Krishnan Nair’s story, Capture the Dream, by Bachi Karkaria, reminds me of superstar Rajnikanth’s 1992 blockbuster Annamalai. The hero starts life as a milkman and after several...
Apr 15, 2022 · Her latest book Capture the Dream: The Many Lives of Captain C.P. Krishnan Nair, the founder of the successful Indian hotel chain — the Leela Group — that was named after his...
May 17, 2014 · Synopsis. With the Leela, he created a niche in Indian luxury which is not like the other clinical luxury hotels like the Oberois. ET Bureau. Harsh Goenka, chairman of RPG Group, on Captain CPK Nair, 92, who passed away on Saturday morning.
Oct 5, 2019 · Captain C.P. Krishnan Nair, founder of the Leela Group, started his career in textiles before he ventured into hospitality. He used vegetable dyes and shipped the first consignment to Brooks Brothers in the US. When they did a wash test, the colour kept bleeding.
May 17, 2014 · C. P. Krishnan Nair invented ‘Bleeding Madras’ textiles – which became the rage in the United States – and also sparked what would become a multi-billion-dollar garment export industry. I am...
