Brijmohan Lall Munjal (1 July 1923 – 1 November 2015) was an Indian entrepreneur and the founder of Hero Group.
[1] Munjal was born on 1 July 1923 in Kamalia, undivided India, which is located in the Toba Tek Singh District of present-day Punjab, Pakistan.
With the financial support of Rs 6 lakh from the government and its own capital, Hero Cycles forayed into bicycle manufacturing by getting the status of "Large Scale Unit".
The Hero Group was then able to export to countries where Honda already had business and Hero-Honda joint venture had not been allowed to sell goods.
Brijmohan Lal Munjal was awarded the Padma Bhushan by the Government of India in 2005 in the field of industry and trade.