It is said that one who tries hard does not fail. Also it is said that every drop makes an ocean, this word fits perfectly here. Nothing happens overnight. What if you say you work hard today and become rich the next morning? So this happens only in movies, yes you keep working hard and you will definitely reap the rewards one day at a time. Life was not easy for the woman whose story we are telling you today but she did not give up and today she is the owner of crores.
In this article we are going to talk about Kalpana Saroj, Chairman of Kamani Tubes Limited Company. Kalpana Saroj was born in Roparkhed, a small village in Akola district of Maharashtra. The family she was born into was very poor. They could also afford the house expenses with great difficulty. Kalpana attended a government school and was always ahead in studies. But she was a dalit due to which she had to face many problems in school.
Married at the age of 12
Kalpana’s family got her married at a very young age after coming to the talk of the society. He was still studying in 7th standard then. After marriage, her studies were also abandoned. The young man to whom she was betrothed was much older than her.
The in-laws committed atrocities
According to Kalpana, when she went to her in-laws, she had to endure many atrocities there. They did not even give him food. He used to hold hair and beat him. He was behaving as if no one would do this to an animal. Kalpana’s condition had become very bad due to all such atrocities. But one day when Kalpana’s father came to meet her, seeing her daughter’s condition, he wasted no time and brought her back to the village.
Kalpana returned to her village but those were the times when if a woman left home like this after marriage, she was treated very badly. Something similar happened with Kalpana. The people of the society and the villagers started looking at him as if he was different from the society. Kalpana did not feel like it when her father asked her to study again. Once Kalpana bought a bottle of poison and drank it. Seeing Kalpana foaming at the mouth, her fie took her to the doctor. Kalpana returned from the door of death where death was written in her life and she survived.
New life started again and left for Mumbai
Kalpana’s life changed a lot after this one incident. He began to realize that God had given him a chance to do something. That’s why she searched for a job, but due to lack of education, she didn’t get any job, so she moved to the city of Mumbai.
Starting at the age of 16 with Rs 2
Kalpana started staying at her uncle’s house in Munib. There she started working in a cloth mill. There she worked as a thread cutter. For that he used to get 2 rupees. After Kalpana, her family also moved to Mumbai. Everything was going well until a day came which again brought a mountain of sorrow in Kalpana’s life. Sister died due to illness, in fact Kalpana’s sister became very ill and due to poverty she was not even able to get treatment due to which she died. That day Kalpana realized the value of money. And she now wanted to end poverty forever.
Moved towards business
Kalpana started working 16-16 hours to overcome poverty. He installed machines in his house and worked day and night, he thought of taking a loan for the business, but even there he was asked to show the money, but Kalpana did not believe for him. Then one day to solve his problem Kalpana formed an organization with people which started helping people in getting loans and informing about government schemes.
Started furniture business at the age of 22
After that when Kalpana turned 22, she took a loan of 50 thousand and started a furniture business. This was a turning point in Kalpana’s life. He got a lot of success in it. Kalpana did not stop there but she also opened a beauty parlour.
When fate changed overnight
Once a person came to Kalpana and asked to sell his plan for 2.5 lakhs. At that time Kalpana did not have that much money but he gave 1 lakh rupees from his deposited money and asked for a loan but later he realized that he could not build anything on a land because it was a disputed land. Kalpana did not give up and he solved this issue related to the land for her and that land became worth 5 lakhs overnight. Not only that, he was also given betel nuts but the goons were caught. Kalpan then thought of going into the construction line.
When Kalpana changed the image of the company
It was a life-changing time for Kalpana who took Kamani Tubes Limited from loss to profit. The company was founded in 1960 by famous industrialist Ramji Bhai Kamani but due to some family feuds and union battles the company started running into losses, gradually the company closed completely. Then in the year 2000, some workers of the company approached Kalpana and asked to run the company.
Kalpana nodded yes, but where was this easy for her? He is not understanding from where he will bring so much money. For that he formed a team of 10 people and prepared a plan and showed it to IDBI Bank. Then from the year 2000 to 2006 the case was going on in the court and the 2006 plan was worked out and then legally the company was declared the chairperson. After that, he started looking at the work of this company and today the company has earned crores.
Has received the Padma Shri honor
Let us tell you that Kalpana has also received the Padma Shri honor for her presence. Although the history of Kalpana has not been that of a banking line, it has saved the company very well. That is why the government included her in the board of directors of Bharatiya Mahila Bank. Indeed the story of Kalpana teaches us a lot. You don’t need to be highly educated or rich to be successful. Just the desire to do something inside you and
