Controversy erupted in 2002 as Price exposed the link between UK prime minister Tony Blair and steel magnate Lakshmi Mittal in the Mittal Affair, also known as 'Garbagegate' or Cash for Influence.
The Jhunjhunu region, in which Bagar is located, is famous for being the ancestral home of many well known Marwari business families, including the Piramals, Lakshmi Mittal, and the Birla family.
Lakshmi | Mittal | Lakshmi Menon | Sunil Mittal | Lakshmi Narasimha | Mittal Steel Company | Lakshmi Mittal | Sethu Lakshmi Bayi | Padma Lakshmi | Mittal Steel South Africa | Lakshmi Shankar | Lakshmi Menon (model) | Lakshmi Menon (actress) | Silver coin of the '''Kuninda''' Kingdom, c. 1st century BCE.
'''Obv:''' Deer standing right, crowned by two cobras, attended by Lakshmi | Lakshmi Tatma | Lakshmi Puja | Lakshmi puja | Lakshmi Persaud | Lakshmi Narayan | Lakshmi Mazumdar | Lakshmi College | Lakshmi (actress) | Ghar Ki Lakshmi Betiyann | Chilakamarti Lakshmi Narasimham | Anupam Mittal |
It was formed in 1978 as the international arm of Ispat Industries in Surabaya, Indonesia by Lakshmi Mittal, but became a separate company in 1995, has become one of the biggest steel companies in the world.
It was formed when Ispat International N.V. acquired LNM Holdings N.V. (both were already controlled by Lakshmi Mittal) and merged with International Steel Group Inc. (the remnants of Bethlehem Steel, Republic Steel and LTV Steel) in 2004.