From The Family Albums of India's Business Doyens

As seen in the pictures, RP Goenka, RP to friends, was an “out-and-out Congressman”, but his charm was enough to melt even the staunchest of Communists, including former West Bengal Chief Minister late Jyoti Basu (picture on top). Goenka founded the RPG Group in 1979 and in 1988, elder son Harsh joined the business. (Younger son Sanjiv followed suit in some time and was involved till 2011, when he carved his interest out of the group to create the RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group.) Two years later, Goenka retired from active business and involved himself in the world of literature. RP died this April after a brief illness. In the pictures above, he is seen with his daughters-inlaw Preeti, wife of Sanjiv, and Mala, Harsh’s better half