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Who is Hasmukh Thakordas Parekh, The Man Who Once Lived In A Mumbai Chawl And Founded Rs 4,14,000 Crore Company?

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[ad_1] NEW DELHI : The mega-merger of the HDFC Bank and its parent company the Housing And Development Finance Corporation (HDFC) was one of the biggest news from the banking sector recently. The merger has made HDFC the 4th largest bank in the world and brought the spotlight back on Hasmukh Thakordas Parekh – the man who was the pioneer of Housing Finance in India and founded the Housing Development Finance Corporation in 1977. HDFC – the brainchild of Hasmukh Thakordas Parekh – has since come a long way, overcoming several obstacles in the evolution from a fledging start-up to India’s leading provider of Housing Finance. For his invaluable contribution to the housing finance industry and the banking sector in India, Parekh was awarded the Padma Bhushan by the Government of India in 1992. The London School of Economics also conferred on him an honorary fellowship. Inspiring Story of Hasmukh Thakordas Parekh    cre Trending Stories Hasmukh Thakordas Parekh was born on 10 Ma