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Piloo Mody was born on 14 November, 1926 in Mumbai (erstwhile Bombay), is an Indian architect and politician. Discover Piloo Mody's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 57 years old?

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Occupation Architect
Age 57 years old
Zodiac Sign Scorpio
Born 14 November 1926
Birthday 14 November
Birthplace Mumbai (erstwhile Bombay)
Date of death 1983
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Nationality India

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His wife is Lavina Mody

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1926

Piloo Mody (14 November 1926 – 29 January 1983) was an Indian architect and politician and one of the founding members of the Swatantra Party.

1953

He was married to an American, Lavina Colgan Mody, who was a fellow architect student at Berkeley on 3 January 1953.

He had 2 brothers, Kali Mody, a pioneer of credit card operations in India and Russi Mody, a former chairman of the Tata Iron and Steel company Limited.

After his stint at Berkeley he returned to India.

He worked for two years spent on the Chandigarh Capital Project.

He also designed the Chennai headquarters of Engineering Construction Corporation, a former subsidiary of Larsen & Toubro Ltd. It won the Federation Internationale de la Precontrainte prize for excellence in pre-stressed concrete from India.

Piloo and Vina set up an architecture firm Mody and Colgan in 1953 at Stadium House, Churchgate.Their first project was a residential apartment at Marine Lines for senior officials of TISCO.

They also designed the front casing of one model of Voltas Air conditioner.

Piloo's other projects include residential project Olympus, three TELCO offices, the headquarters of Bharat Bijlee, Mukand Iron and Steel, Sandoz, Voltas and Diners Club and Business Service centres.

In political life Mody was an advocate of liberalism and freedom.

He was associated with Swatantra Party at its founding.

According to his wife Vina,"Piloo found designing pretty buildings unsatisfying with the country going to the dogs via the socialistic road."

So he became a founding member of Swatantra Party.

1967

At the 1967 general election he was elected to the 4th Lok Sabha, representing the Godhra constituency in Gujarat.

1970

Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, who went on to become Prime Minister of Pakistan in the 1970s, was his college roommate and the two were close friends.

1971

In 1971 he was re-elected and served in the 5th Lok Sabha until March 1977.

1972

In 1972 he was instrumental in promoting the Architects' Act.

1975

In 1975, at the time of the Emergency in India, Mody was arrested on the orders of the Indira Gandhi government, using the controversial powers granted by the Maintenance of Internal Security Act.

1978

Elected to the 4th and 5th Lok Sabhas, he served in the Rajya Sabha from 1978 until his death.

A member of the Parsi community Piloo Mody was one of the sons of Sir Homi Mody.

He was educated at The Doon School, Dehradun.

After School he attended Sir J. J. College of Architecture and the University of California, Berkeley, from where he graduated with a master's degree in architecture.

After an absence of a year from parliament, on 10 April 1978 Mody joined the Rajya Sabha and served there until his death in 1983.

The Piloo Mody College of Architecture, at Cuttack, Orissa, and a FIDE chess tournament are named in his honour.