Harakh Chand Nahata, who passed away
on 21 February 1999, was a prominent Indian businessman and social leader.
Nahata was born in Bikaner, Rajasthan on 18 July 1936. His uncle, Agar Chand
Nahata, and elder brother, Bhanwar Lal Nahata, were acknowledged authorities on
Prakrit literature, Jain canonical literature and scriptures. The family has a
private collection of more than 85,000 books, manuscripts, works of arts etc.
at Abhay Jain Granthagar in Bikaner. His family has more than 175 years of business presence in the field of trading and distribution in Assam, Meghalaya, West Bengal, Calcutta, Tripura and the former East Bengal (now Bangladesh).
