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Swraj Paul, Baron Paul

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Swraj Paul, Baron Paul

Swraj Paul, Baron Paul, (18 February 1931 – 21 August 2025) was an Indian-born British business magnate and philanthropist. In 1996 he was appointed a Labour life peer under Conservative prime minister John Major, and sat in the House of Lords as a non-affiliated peer with the title Baron Paul, of Marylebone, in the City of Westminster. In December 2008 he was appointed deputy speaker of the Lords; in October 2009 he was appointed to the Privy Council.

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Born
Swraj Paul(1931-02-18)18 February 1931Jullundur, Punjab Province, British India
Died
21 August 2025(2025-08-21) (aged 94)London, England
Education
mw- Doaba College Forman Christian College Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Occupation
Businessman
Political party
Labour (1996–2010)
Children
4, including Angad
Occupations
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Citizenship
United Kingdom

Tables

Coat of arms of Swraj Paul, Baron Paul · Personal life and death
Crest Issuing from a lotus or a girl child proper vested azure holding aloft in the dexter hand a dove wings elevated argent. Escutcheon Azure on each of three piles rayonny or, one issuing from the dexter and two from the sinister, a pile gules. Supporters On either side an Indian elephant azure tusked unguled and grasping with the trunk a torch enflamed or. Motto Truth, Freedom And Compassion

References

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    https://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/swraj-paul-gets-mahatma-gandhi-honour-in-uk-for-underlining-work-of-nris-118103101532_1.html
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    https://www.zsl.org/zsl-fellows
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