We must have the courage and will to succeed. Of course, failures upset us at times. But we must have a strong spirit and a desire for victory, like the founder and chairman of Oberoi Hotels and Resorts.
Rai Bahadur Mohan Singh Oberoi is proof that every failure and bad times can be vanquished only if you keep on moving ahead with the belief that good things are just a turn away.
Rai Bahadur Mohan Singh Oberoi founded and built India's second-largest hotel empire by facing a series of failures and began his career with a paltry sum of only Rs 25 given by his mother.
Most of us are already aware of the Oberoi Group and its founder Mohan Singh Oberoi, but many are unaware of how the brand actually began and went on to become India's first modern five-star, world-class hotel.
Who is Mohan Singh Oberoi?
MS Oberoi was born in a Sikh family in Bhanau village from Pakistan’s Jhelum district. He was only six-month-old when his father passed away and after the loss of his father all the responsibilities of Oberoi fell on his mother’s shoulder which was not an ideal situation in those days for a woman. Hence when he was old enough, Mohan Singh decided to drop out of his studies and began working in his uncle’s shoe factory in Lahore (before Partition) as a manager in 1918. But the factory shut down within a year itself due to widespread riots across Amritsar and at the same time his life took another turn and he was married to Ishran Devi.
After his marriage, Mohan Oberoi began to live with his brother-in-law in Sargondha, Pakistan hoping to get some employment but days kept passing by and nothing came his way.
Failures and upsets galore
After spending much time and money when he failed to find any job, MS returned to his village. In such a situation, MS wanted to stay with his mother and wanted to take care of her but she refused and told him to return to his in-laws house and find some work. It is said that when MS Oberoi was leaving the house, his mother handed him Rs 25.
Dared to dream
After a lot of struggle and failures, in 1922, Oberoi came to Shimla to escape from the epidemic of plague and got a job as a front desk clerk at The Cecil Hotel at a salary of Rs 50 per month. Mohan had got this opportunity after many troubles so he gave his 100 percent to make the best use of the opportunity.
MS Oberoi had come to Shimla barefoot with just Rs 25 in his pocket and now he was responsible for the up-gradation of one of the most prominent hotels of Shimla.
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