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Vijaypat Singhania, an aviator and the former chairperson of the Raymond Group, died in Mumbai on Saturday. He was 87.

Singhania, an honorary air commodore in the Indian Air Force since 1994 and the 2006 sheriff of Mumbai, had led the textile giant between 1980 and 2000.

He is also known for setting a world record in 2005 as the oldest person to fly a hot air balloon to a height of more than 69,000 feet. He was 67 at the time.

Singhania was awarded the Padma Bhushan, India’s third-highest civilian honour, in 2006.

In recent years, he was involved in a public feud and a legal battle with his son Gautam Singhania.

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