For those who knew the Ambani clan the building carried still deeper symbolism. Dhirubhai Ambani passed on without leaving a will, assuming that his sons – Mukesh, then forty-five, and Anil, two years his junior – would go on to control Reliance together. The pair had contrasting reputations: the elder unflashy, introverted and well organised; the younger a flamboyant financial wizard. They worked together amicably enough under the old man’s gaze. But relations soured quickly without him, and a ferocious battle for control began. Over three acrimonious years their feud gripped India, playing
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