Haji mastan biography of mahatma gandhi
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Haji Mastan was born in Tamil Nadu in a poor family. He sought out Mumbai as his karma_kshetra, place of work, at the young age of 8. Here he learnt the ropes of the smuggling business. Soon he grew into one of the biggest Mafia dons of India. That is when, in his twenties, he went on the haj. His name was Mastan Mirza (b. 1 March – d. 25 June ). Because he had gone on a haj, he was also known as Haji Mastan. Those who respected him also called him Sultan Mirza.
Mastan diversified into a variety of shady businesses ranging from smuggling to film financing and real estate. Most of his businesses were the outcome of the strange business environment that had been set up in socialist India where people were disallowed from trading in things which they held dear.
He built for himself a posh sea-facing bungalow in one of the poshest localities of Bombay, as Mumbai was then known. It is said that he lived in a single room on the top floor of the bungalow.
Early in his career as a brea
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Haji Mastan ‘pucca Congressi’, many netas met him: Adopted son
“Baba was a pucca Congressi. I remember senior Congress leaders like Vasantdada Patil, Murli Deora and Sushilsumar Shinde meeting him,” said Shekhar, who lives in wondered why Raut had changed his statement on Thursday. “Small leaders would meet Haji Mastan at a hotel in central Mumbai while big leaders would meet at a five-star hotel in south Mumbai.” At times, he would go to Delhi too, he said.
Though Shekhar claimed Haji Mastan had raised him, Mastan’s family had earlier denied he was adopted by Mastan.
Shekhar added that till , Haji Mastan or Mastan Mirza was in Congr
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Haji Mastan
Indian mafia leader
Haji Mastan, popularly known as Sultan Mirza, was an organised crime gang leader, originally from Tamil Nadu and based in Bombay. He was one of an famous trio of mafia gang leaders in Bombay for over two decades from the s to the early s, along with Karim Lala leader of the Pathan gang, and Varadarajan Mudaliar, another famous gang leader from Tamil Nadu in South India.[1]
At his peak, Mastan operated a powerful olaglig transport syndicate in Mumbai and along the Gujarat coast and later diversified into film financing and real estate business.
Mastan was known to be a shrewd businessman and a cunning deal-maker. He always maintained friendly relations with the police and government officials and often promoted peace between rival gangs, and was good friends with Lala, Mudaliar, Hassan Patni and Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray.[1][2]
Very early in his career, Mastan realized the importance of being seen among famous pe