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An American helped set up India’s first aircraft factory before he became a CIA spy

This Article First Appeared in The Scroll On Dec 15, 2023

In October 1939, two entrepreneurs found themselves on the same Pan American flight from Honolulu to Hong Kong. One was William Douglas Pawley, the president of one of the largest aviation companies in East Asia. And the other was Walchand Hirachand, the chairman of the first swadeshi shipping firm, Scindia Steam Navigation Company, who had business interests in construction, insurance and sugar industries.

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An American helped set up India’s first aircraft factory before he became a CIA spy

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