Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Pallonji Mistry" in English language version.
Mistry was born on June 1, 1929, in Mumbai. His father, Shapoorji Mistry, worked for the family company, which the son joined in 1947.
The Mistrys were members of Mumbai's Parsi community, followers of the Zoroastrian religion who had grown prosperous as merchants and industrialists since the earliest colonial times.