Cyrus Pallonji Mistry born 4th July 1948, is a Irish-Indian businessman and was the chairman of Tata sons Group, an Indian business conglomerate, between 2012 and 2016. He was made the Chairman of the company in December 2012 after its previous Chairman, Ratan Tata, formally retired. Ratan Tata and Cyrus Pallonji Mistry (Left to Right) He was the sixth chairman of the group and the only the second chairman who did not carry the Tata name, after Nowroji Saklatwala. Before this, he was the Managing Director of the Shapoorji Pallonji Group. He was also on the board of Tata Sons, the holding company that controls the Tata Group. Mistry, who has been with the group since 2006 in various capacities, hails from the Shapoorji Pallonji family, the largest private shareholder of the group's holding company Tata Sons. His appointment as the new chairman to Tata sons group had brought an end to years long search for next heir to step into Ratan Tata's shoe. Mr. Mistry is t
Pachisi, Chausar, Chopad or popularly known as Ludo is an ancient Indian game, which per some historians Mughal Emperor Akbar was addicted to and used to play with real people instead of plastic buttons or plastic statue miniatures, the game has now become a strategy game and are taught at business schools. On August 29, 1891, Alfred Collier had applied for a patent in England, claiming that a board game, which he named Royal Ludo, was his invention. Since then the game became popular worldwide by the name we know today. Later on, the British Royal Navy converted it into a board game called ‘Uckers’. According to some historians this board game of Ludo or pachisi originates in India as far back as 3300 BC. The exact origins of this legendary game though seems uncertain, but some earliest proofs of this game comes from the historic Ellora Caves in Maharashtra, where the board game was depicted in the form illustrations on the wall. This seems to suggest that Ludo was an Indian creation.