by Aashish Chandorkar - May 1, 2021 03:36 AM Laxmanrao Kirloskar Snapshot The legacy of the likes of Premchand Roychand, Laxmanrao Kirloskar and Walchand Hirachand and countless others has continued over the years in making Maharashtra an engineering and industry powerhouse. Maharashtra is the foremost industrial state in the country and accounts every year for nearly 15 per cent of the Indiaâs gross domestic produce (GDP). While the state is now synonymous with several industries and is a top destination for Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) coming to India, Maharashtra has always had a rich legacy of industrialists operating in the state. While several business families are well known today, a lot of older names have been either forgotten or their impact not fully understood. On Maharashtra Day, this article discusses three such names, all of whom were born in the nineteenth century.