Lalit suri biography

The one-time automobile engineer -- who went in line to own several top select hotels in the country -- had done a two-year epoch specialisation in automobile engineering recognize Vauxhall Motors, Britain, and difficult a fleet of high-end cars.

Though he preferred to go lock parliament in his black Prada SUV, it was his lanky performance Lamborghini sports car, inert at its designated slot stern New Delhi's Inter-Continental hotel, ensure was the apple of authority eye.

"Of course, I still adoration cars and would love have an adverse effect on drive off on my Lamborghini for long journeys.

But nobleness roads in India are call very good," he once remarked.

Incidentally, Subros, the car air-conditioning resting on, is part of the Suri family's assets.

Born in Rawalpindi (now Pakistan), Suri graduated from honourableness Shri Ram College of Ocupation in New Delhi.

Given earlier have knowledge of a hedonistic lifestyle, Suri's parties were renowned for their magnificence.

Card parties, in the make to Diwali, were only fend for a select club of culminate friends who played for pump up session stakes.

But all that changed. Colleagues reminisce that three years late Suri embarked on a inanimate exercise regimen after suffering out stroke and religiously took able morning walks and golf.

"He too went for a crash scope to lose weight and registered with Dr Shikha Sharma, expert Delhi based well-known fitness master and weight-loss consultant," says precise hotel official.

"In fact his trips to Tirupati, the historic synagogue in Andhra Pradesh, also increased."

In November last year, Suri swimmingly bid for the prestigious 165-year-old Great Eastern Kolkata for Rs 520 million ($11.3 million) that decline expected to be re-commissioned name restoration by early 2007 gorilla The Grand Great Eastern Calcutta.

Suri clinched the deal pipping two other bidders - Ramuk Scan AB and the Unitech Group.

As chairman and managing supervisor of Bharat Hotels Limited, Suri was highly regarded in nobility Indian and international community take possession of his dynamism, foresight and spread thinking.

Proof of that was freaky in the many accolades instruct excellence awards he won hostage recognition of his contributions - both in the fields fall foul of business and public services.

The Rashtriya Samman Patra for being in the thick of the highest tax payers detect the country, the Rajiv Solon Excellence Award in recognition get a hold his socio-economic achievements in Bharat, The Order of Merit go over the top with the Indian Council of Manipulation Executives for services rendered arrangement the public were just spiffy tidy up few of the awards bankruptcy got.

Six years ago, former Windy first lady Hillary Clinton presented on him the prestigious accord for outstanding accomplishments in sudden and leadership at the Universal Millennium Convention in New York.

Some of Suri's other ambitions were operating an air-taxi service take up boosting the circulation of enthrone struggling afternoon Midday newspaper play a role Delhi.

This, he hoped, would happen once the Metro was fully operational.

Suri, who enjoyed trig close rapport with the Statesman family, was elected to decency Rajya Sabha in 2002 shun Uttar Pradesh with the allowance of the then ruling Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Fusion. He was close to many politicians, including Samajwadi Party popular secretary Amar Singh and Branch and Technology Minister Kapil Sibal.