Haji mastan and dawood ibrahim relation
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The Undisputed Don of Mumbai—Haji Mastan
Haji Mastan was a mafia leader in Bombay, now Mumbai. Born in Tamil Nadu, he moved to Bombay, where he lived for over two decades from the 1960s to the early 1980s and built an empire.
Mastan started his life in Bombay by doing odd jobs in the famous Crawford Market, a hub for selling imported goods. He then joined the Bombay Dockyard—also known as Naval Dockyard—where he worked long hours, mastering operations.
In the early 1970s, import duty on gold in India was high. Working in the docks made it possible for him to participate in smuggling gold and soon Mastan started his own business. After being successful at an early age, he went on a Haj pilgrimage and came to be known as Haji Mastan. At his peak, Mastan operated a powerful smuggling syndicate in Bombay and along the Gujarat coast. He later diversified into film financing and the real estate business.
Mastan was put behind bars during the Emergency declared by Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in 1975. While in prison, he was influenced by the ideals of Lok Nayak Jai Praka
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Haji Mastan Mirza: Revisiting the story of underworld don often potrayed as ‘Bombay’s Robinhood
Teetering on the edge of collapse every second day due to one row or the other, the fragile political alliance of Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) narrowly avoided another major controversy after Shiv Sena parliamentarian Sanjay Raut’s remarks on close connections between the Mumbai underworld of the 1980s and former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.
"When (underworld don) Haji Mastan came to Mantralaya, the entire secretariat would come down to see him. Indira Gandhi used to meet Karim Lala in Pydhonie (in south Mumbai),"
Raut said during an award function of Lokmat Media on Wednesday, as per the Press Trust of India (PTI).
Although Raut withdrew his remarks soon after the Congress leader Sanjay Nirupam took strong objection to them, the fact remains that the Shiv Sena leader has opened a pandora box, as leader of opposition in Maharashtra assembly Devendra Fadnavis has demanded answers from top Congress leaders, including party president Sonia Gandhi, general secretary Priyanka Gandh
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Haji Mastan
Indian mafia leader
Haji Mastan, popularly known as Sultan Mirza, was an organised crime gang leader, originally from Tamil Nadu and based in Bombay. He was one of an famous trio of mafia gang leaders in Bombay for over two decades from the 1960s to the early 1980s, along with Karim Lala leader of the Pathan gang, and Varadarajan Mudaliar, another famous gang leader from Tamil Nadu in South India.[1]
At his peak, Mastan operated a powerful smuggling syndicate in Mumbai and along the Gujarat coast and later diversified into film financing and real estate business.
Mastan was known to be a shrewd businessman and a cunning deal-maker. He always maintained friendly relations with the police and government officials and often promoted peace between rival gangs, and was good friends with Lala, Mudaliar, Hassan Patni and Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray.[1][2]
Very early in his career, Mastan realized the importance of being seen among famous personalities from politics and the film industry as a symbol of power. Therefore, he hobnobbe
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