Vittal Mallya (Vijay Mallya’s father)

Some Lesser Known Facts About Vittal Mallya

• Did Vittal Mallya smoke?: Not Known

• Did Vittal Mallya drink alcohol?: Not Known

• Vittal was the father of business tycoon ‘Vijay Mallya.’

• After completing studies, Vittal went to Europe for 2 years to become the part of Europe’s traditional trip ‘Grand Tour.’

• In the mid-1940s, he began to acquire the shares of the conglomerate company ‘United Breweries Holdings Limited’ (UBHL).

• In 1947, he became the first Indian director of ‘United Breweries Group.’

• In 1948, Vittal was elected the chairman of the ‘R.G.N. Price & Company.’

• In 1950, he began to acquire the products of ‘Kissan.’

• In 1951, he acquired the rum manufacturing company ‘McDowell & Company Limited.’

• In 1952, he went to Bangalore and began to acquire small distilleries and breweries.

• Vittal later established some new breweries in different states like Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Goa, and Bihar.

• In the 1960s, he came back to Kolkata and acquired some other companies like ‘Carew & Company (Bangladesh) Limited’ and ‘Phipson & Company Private Limited.’

• He took 2 acres of land on rent from the Jammu & Kashmir Government for starting a nursery. He then started distributing the seedlings of hops to the farmers of Kashmir.

• In the 1970s, he acquired ‘Herbertsons Limited.’

• In 1977, he established some more new breweries like Punjab, Premier, Indo-Lowenbrau, and Jupiter and distilleries in cities like Serampore, Mirganj, Alwar, and Udaipur.

• Vittal also set up a new plant in Puducherry and gave competition to the first brewery of Asia ‘Mohan Meakin’ for the title of ‘King of Beer and Liquor.’

• With the help of Pharmaceutical company ‘Hoechst AG’, he was elected as the chairman of ‘British Paints.’

• He was also elected as the chairman of ‘Malayalam Plantations’ and ‘India Sewing Machine Company.’

• He became the director of a private company ‘Bush Boake Allen Inc.’ that produces flavours.

• In 1983, Vittal died due to the heart attack in ‘The Taj Mahal Palace Hotel’ in Mumbai, India.