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==Founding of Reliance Industries== Ambani returned to India and started "Majin" in partnership with Champaklal Damani, his second cousin,<ref>[http://www.arabnews.com/ambani-gas-station-attendant-reliance-owner Ambani: From a petrol pump attendant to Reliance owner | Arab News β Saudi Arabia News, Middle East News, Opinion, Economy and more]. Arabnews.com (2 November 2012). Retrieved 28 July 2013.</ref> who lived with him in Yemen. Majin was to import [[polyester]] yarn and export spices to Yemen.<ref name=r1/> The first office of the Reliance Commercial Corporation was set up at the Narsinatha Street in [[Masjid Bunder]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ril.com/TheRelianceStory.aspx|title=Reliance Industries - The Reliance Story|website=www.ril.com|access-date=2019-05-20}}</ref> It was a {{convert|350|sqft|m2|abbr=on}} room with a telephone, one table and three chairs. Initially, they had two assistants to help them with their business. During this period, Ambani and his family stayed in a two-bedroom apartment at the Jai Hind Estate in [[Bhuleshwar]], Mumbai.<ref name="r1">{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/15/business/worldbusiness/15ambani.html?pagewanted=all | work=[[The New York Times]] | title=Indian to the Core, and an Oligarch | first=Anand | last=Giridharadas | date=15 June 2008}}</ref> In 1965, Champaklal Damani and Dhirubhai Ambani ended their partnership and Ambani started on his own. It is believed that both had different temperaments and different takes on how to conduct business.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newsclick.in/carving-business-empire-through-tax-havens-ambani-way|title=Carving up a Business Empire Through Tax Havens: The Ambani Way|date=2018-05-18|website=NewsClick|language=en|access-date=2019-05-20}}</ref>
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