Sportking: Raj Avasthi, Hosieryking Is No More

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25 July 2022, Mumbai:

Sportking India LTD

A leading vertically integrated textile conglomerate of India · Yarns, Fabrics, Apparel, and Retail Business. The group exports to more than 30 Countries.

Raj Avasthi, Chairman Sportking Group

A very dynamic personality and visionary created several benchmarks in his varied ventures in Yarn, Fabrics, Apparel, and Retail businesses.

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Veteran industrialist Raj Kumar Awasthi, who showed a new direction to the hosiery knitwear and ready-made garment industry, is no more. Raj Awasthi, 76, was the Chairman cum Managing Director of Sportking India Limited.

He had a brain tumor and died during treatment at Hinduja Hospital in Mumbai at 7 pm on Saturday. Even before this, he had undergone a brain tumor operation, and now 15 days back his health had deteriorated. He was taken to Mumbai by air ambulance.

His body is being brought to Ludhiana and his last rites will be performed on Monday at the Civil Line crematorium.

He is survived by his son Manish Awasthi and two daughters Anjali Dada and Reema Mehra. On his death, the big corporate, social, and political people of the city expressed grief.

(Jagran Punjab Report)

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