The Rise of Harshad Mehta
Harshad Mehta, born in Rajkot in 1954, began his career as a small-time broker in the early 1980s. However, his ambition and ability to manipulate the stock market soon propelled him to unprecedented heights. He was infamous for his involvement in the infamous ‘securities scam’ of 1992, which exposed the vulnerabilities of the Indian financial system.