K M Dayashankar
Sundarkand path and Shyam Sandhya by Pujya Bhaishri Rameshbhai Oza on July 28 at Sri Das Hanuman Gaushala, Odyaram, Karimnagar
KARIMNAGAR, July 18, 2024: The integrated Karimnagar district is all set to celebrate the 92nd birth anniversary of leading businessman and philanthropist Kesarimal Karwa on Friday (July 19).
He passed away in sleep while he was holidaying along with his family members in Dubai on January 11, 2020 at the age of 88 years. Mr Kesarimal Karwa was renowned for his philanthropic activities and empowerment of budding industrialists and entrepreneurs in the district.
Incidentally, he had seen the three phases of Telangana statehood movement right after Independence of the country and for the liberation of Telangana from the clutches of Nizam rulers in 1947 to 1948. Second phase phase of statehood movement in 1969 and the third phase of movement with the advent of TRS in 2001 to the formation of separate Telangana state.
He was close associate of former Prime Minister PV Narasimha Rao, former MP and Minister J Chokka Rao, former Assembly speaker Duddilla Sripada Rao and even the former Chief Minister Dr YS Rajashekhar Reddy. He maintains cordial relations with all the elected representatives and always advised them for the development of the district.
Mr. Karwa started his business as a gold merchant and later shifted to cloth industry, cinema theatre and later into the granite industry. During his last seven decades as a businessman, he had emerged as role model for several businessmen of the town and advisor to several budding business persons.
Incidentally, Mr Karwa was the person who bought the Union Bank of India to Karimnagar district in the year 1962 and the branch is still housed in his own building premises in Karimnagar town. He maintained close relations with several senior bank officials of UBI and also RBI. He was associated with the Karimnagar Chamber of Commerce for several decades and strived for the development of the business and trade in the district.
Mr Karwa was also associated with the Lok Satta Udyama Samtha and Karimnagar Consumer Council and strived for the welfare of the society and upholding the rights of the people. He had won accolades for his charitable activities of providing financial assistance and monthly groceries to several orphanages and old-age homes in the district.
He encouraged the bight students by providing necessary financial assistance for their higher education. He never says no to anyone, who approaches him for any kind of assistance. He had constructed a dining hall for the students of Government high school, Sapthagiri colony in Karimnagar town to serve midday meals.
To commemorate the birth anniversary of Kesarimal Karwa, his sons Bhagwandas Karwa and Venugopal Karwa have decided to conduct a Sundarkand path and Shyam Sandhya by Pujya Bhaishri Rameshbhai Oza on July 28 at Sri Das Hanuman Gaushala, Odyaram, Karimnagar.
