Mar 27, 2023, 03:27 AM IST

Meet the richest Indian ever and it’s not Tata, Birla or Ambani

Chitresh Sehgal

Richest Indians today are Mukesh Ambani and Gautam Adani

Legendary Tata, Birla industrialists were richest in their times

But they are not even close to the richest Indian ever. 

Net worth adjusted for inflation, richest Indian ever is Mir Osman Ali Khan

He was the Nizam of Hyderabad from 1911 to 1948

Mir Osman Ali used a diamond as his 'paperweight'!

How rich was he exactly? Rs 17.47 lakh crore ($230 billion) if his net worth it was calculated today