Business News: Inspiring Story of Seven Sisters Who Made Papad Brand ‘Lijjat’ a Household Name

Lijjat Papad Owner: Today, we will be telling you the inspiring story of seven sisters who built India’s one of the largest business groups with just Rs 80 investment. In the year of 1959, these seven sisters started making papad on a terrace roof of Mumbai. Jaswanti Ben Jamnadas Popat, whose leadership included her six friends, used her skill to make papad to overcome her financial challenges. 

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Talking about investment, she borrowed Rs 80 from social worker Chaganlal Parekh and started her business by making four packets of papad. At the time of 1950s and 1960s, when there was no shark tank, and no big investors, this was a startup that stared with just Rs 80 investment. With zero monetary aid, working from home for women, and motivating them for one goal., Jaswanti Ben started a business with seven women and the profit was equally distributed among the seven women. She motivated all the women for one goal and gave ownership to all the women in her company.