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Oberoi Hotels and Resorts is a well-known brand in the hospitality industry who has adapted to the changing dynamics of the hospitality industry. However, it was not that easy as it needed a vision of a great man Rai Bahadur Mohan Singh Oberoi. A term of ‘rags to riches’ can actually fit for the success story of Rai Bahadur Mohan Singh Oberoi of Oberoi Hotels & Resorts. Rai Bahadur Mohan Singh Oberoi was born in a Punjabi Sikh family in Bhaun, a village in Jhelum District, Punjab, British India. Mr Oberoi’s father A.S. Oberoi, a contractor in Peshawar, died when he was six months old. He did his first years of schooling in his village and later joined a school in Rawalpindi. Mr Oberoi went to Lahore to join college and passed intermediate college examination. He had to left his education half way as he didn’t had finance to go ahead. However, on his friend’s insistence, he learned shot hand and typing. After unsuccessful attempt at passing Government exam in Shimla and lot...

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