[1][2] also known as Moolji Jagmal (1899–1956) was a noted coal miner, railway contractor and businessman from Kutch, who established himself at Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh, India.
[3][4] Moolji was born in 1899 to Jagmal Gangji Sawaria and Veera Bai at Kumbharia in erstwhile Princely State of Cutch.
On some big railway contracts he worked jointly in syndicate with Rai Bahadur Jairam Valji Chauhan of Jairamnagar, Shamji Gangji of Raigarh,[8] Ruda Walji of Raipur,[10] Rai Bahadur Devraj Daya of Jharsuguda, Rai Saheb Harilal Shamji of Raigarh, Nanji Govindji of Tatanagar, Raghu Karson of Cuttack, Dhanraj Wason and the other noted railway contractors from his community like Ambalal Khora, Manji Jeram, Jeram Mandan and Arjan Ladhha.
[6] In 1935, Rai Sahib Moolji Jagmal laid a private 8 miles long narrow gauge rail line and bridge connecting their Bilaspur railway site with their brick-kiln across Arpa River at Lingiyadih.
[5] Thus Mulji Jagmal gets credit to not only discover but also establish first working coal mines in Central Provinces of British India.
[3] He owned large valuable estate in Bilaspur, Lingiyadih, Raigarh, Jharsuguda, Jairamnagar and at also agricultural lands, farmhouses and mansion in his native state in Kutch at Anjar and Kumbharia.
[5] He donated four of his shops in market area for maintenance of the Hindu temple built by his father Jagmal Gangji in 1890, which stands near Bilaspur railway station.
After his death, in year 1969, his wife Smt Laxmi Bai, built a hall-cum-guest house, in his memory, which is named as Rai Saheb Moolji Jagmal Mahila Satsang Bhawan.
It is used for satsang by local Hindu women and also provides free staying facility to overnight travellers, especially to sadhus and poor people.