Sir Seth Swarupchand Hukumchand Ji Kasliwal (or Hukamchand) of Indore, Holkar State (1874–1959) was an Indian industrialist and a prominent leader of the Jain community for about 50 years.
His father, Seth Sarup Chand, was himself a successful businessman; however, Hukumchand transformed the few lakhs he inherited into a fortune of many crores.
[1] He was given the honor of wearing the Holkar-Shahi Pagdi (Boat Shaped Maratha styled Turban) and Angarkha (court dress), which were usually worn by the Maratha, Rajput and Brahmin nobility (Sardars, Jagirdars, Istamuradars and Mankaris) which were a part of the Indore state's Durbar.
[citation needed] Hukumchand became a leading business magnate of the country doing speculative and ready trade in commodities on a large scale.
He established: On Mahatma Gandhi's visit to Indra Bhawan, Hukumchand agreed to give him his 40 acres (160,000 m2) of farmland for building the Kasturbagram village.
400,000 for the construction of Lady Hardinge Medical College and Hospital at New Delhi.