* Munjal was born in 1923 at Kamalia in present-day Pakistan. He worked at the Army Ordnance Factory after completing his formal education before moving to India after partition.
* After India's independence, the Munjal brothers started a small business of manufacturing bicycle components in Ludhiana and went on to build one of the largest business groups in the country.
* Munjal led the Hero Group to a number of firsts.
* Hero MotoCorp is the world's largest two-wheeler company.