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Pribhdas Tolani, affectionately called Kaka(Uncle)
was a great philanthropist and the founder of a
group of colleges and Tolani Eye Hospital at Adipur.
He was born in 1893 at Larkana and breathed his
last on 10th July 1988 at Bombay.
In 1949, he arrived in Bombay almost empty handed
and plunged deep in Govt. contracts. He worked very
hard and future smiled on him. He again earned millions
and with the help of his son Dr. Nandlal, he established
Tolani Ltd and Tolani Shipping Ltd and became their
Founder President.
In 1966, at the request of important citizens of
Gandhidham, he came to Adipur and established Gandhidham
Collegiate Board comprising a full fledged Polytechnic
Tolani Institution of Pharmacy, Home Science, Tolani
College of Arts and Science, Tolani Commerce College
alongwith full infrastructural facilities. He also
established Tolani Eye Hospital and Research Centre
at Adipur.
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