Description

The House of Mangaldas Girdhardas (MG for short) was the home of Mr. Mangaldas Girdhardas - amongst Ahmedabad's foremost businessmen and philanthropist of the early 20th century. He started his career as a store-keeper in a textile mill. Within a decade, he became its owner and soon after, he was over seeing an empire comprising of a clutch of mills and other related businesses. With his increasing influence in the community, he decided to build a new residence for himself and his family in the year 1924, across from the famous Sidi Saiyed Mosque. He died soon after in 1928. By 1950, his entire family moved to ather location, leaving this house vacant. A large portion of the house was riveted out and the rest was used by the accounts offices of the family. In 1994, the House of MG was taken over by Victoria Capital Ventures Ltd., a company managed by Abhay Mangaldas, great grandson of MG, for revation and reuse. One half of the house, to the rth belonged to his brother, Chimanlal Girdhardas and was bought by the Mangaldas family in 2006. It will open as a hotel in 2014.