London, Nov 4 (PTI) A great champion of closer India-UK ties and a guiding force for the British Indian community is how G P Hinduja is being described in tributes pouring in after he died in London on Tuesday. He was 85.

The chairman of the Hinduja Group was among the UK's richest industrialists and a regular feature in the annual ‘Sunday Times Rich List’, topping this year's tally for the fourth consecutive year with an estimated fortune of GBP 35.3 billion.

Lord Karan Bilimoria, founder of Cobra Beer, believes the entrepreneur will be remembered as someone who "personified" the India-UK living bridge.

"GP was the driving force of the Hinduja global empire, headquartered here in the UK. The Hindujas were one of the first families to make a major acquisition as a multinational in India

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