Vipin Khanna

Vipin Kumar Khanna (14 December 1930 – 7 November 2019) was an Indian business magnate and army officer. He founded Dynamic Sales Service International, a commodities trading and marketing company which further expanded into engineering support, shipbroking , fast-moving consumer goods and additional industries as well. Khanna also had other business interests, which included interests in the arms , aerospace , software , investment banking , hospitality , real estate , alcohol and drinks industries.¹ He was a Non-Resident Indian based in London , England, and also had a base in Delhi , India. Khanna was born in Lahore , Punjab Province . During the partition of India in 1947, Khanna and his family fled Lahore, and migrated to Delhi. He was commissioned into the Indian Army in 1950, and eventually reached the rank of Major , before voluntarily retiring from the army in 1965. After his retirement from the army, Khanna began his business career. Khanna had a long and controversial business career. His name appeared in various controversies regarding allegations of being an arms dealer, links to numerous offshore companies and allegedly being involved in bribery scandals, however, the investigations into him found no evidence of wrongdoing and were dropped.² Khanna was allegedly one of the largest and most powerful arms dealers in India since the 1980s, however, the allegations levelled against him were never proven and the cases against him were dropped.³ Despite the lack of evidence against Khanna, allegations of being an arms dealer, being linked to foreign defence companies and allegations of being involved in various arms deals in India persisted throughout his business career.⁴ He was noted by the Government of India and Indian intelligence agencies for being a powerful and influential person, both in India and globally.⁵ His business interests were divided between his children: Vinita, Navin , Arvind and Aditya .⁶ The New Indian Express . The Times of India .