New Delhi: Hero MotoCorp patriarch and doyen of Indian two-wheeler industry, Brijmohan Lall Munjal, passed away on Sunday evening after a brief illness. He was 92.
Munjal passed away at a private hospital in south Delhi, according to family sources. He is survived by three sons and one daughter. The cremation will be done on Monday.
Munjal had retired from active role and became chairman emeritus of the over $4-billion group earlier this year and remained on the board of the company as non-executive member.
Hero Group, which officially came into existence in 1956, had started its activities in the early 1940s as a bicycle maker run by four brothers.