Lala Kamlapat Singhania[1][2][3] (7 November 1884 – 31 May 1937) was an Indian industrialist, who founded the J. K. Organisation, one of India's largest conglomerate companies.

He was born to a Marwari Bania family in Kanpur, then part of the North-Western Provinces in British Raj.

Kamla Tower became the headquarters of Kamlapat's expanding organization and housed the offices for various companies he founded.

[6] As per records of JK Temple Kanpur, Vinodi Das Singhania left his home in Singhana – a little town in the Jhunjhunu district of Rajasthan – in 1775.

His sons – Ramsukhdas and Sarbsukhdas – later joined the family business and opened branch offices in Kanpur, Kolkata, Varanasi and Mirzapur.

[13] Kamlapat married Rampyari Devi and they had three daughters and three sons: Padampat, Kailashpat and Lakshmipat Singhania.

[14] JK Organisation founded by Kamlapat is one of the largest conglomerates in India today, with multiple million and billion dollar companies under its belt.

[21][22][23] A commemorative stamp was issued in 2010 by the Indian government honoring Lala Kamlapat Singhania.