Jagmohan Dalmiya (30 May 1940 – 20 September 2015) was an Indian cricket administrator and businessman from the city of Kolkata. He was the President of the Board of Control for Cricket in India as well as the Cricket Association of Bengal. He had also served as the President of the International Cricket Council. Early and personal life Dalmiya was born into a Marwari family of the Baniya (tradesman) caste, originally hailing from Chirawa, Jhunjhunu district in Rajasthan and based in Kolkata for many decades. His father, Arjun Prasad Dalmiya, was a businessman based in Kolkata. Dalmiya studied at the Scottish Church College, Calcutta. He started his career as a wicketkeeper and also opened the batting, playing for one of the leading cricket clubs in Calcutta. After his father's death, Dalmiya took charge of his father's firm ML Dalmiya and Co at the age of 19. The firm constructed Calcutta's Birla Planetarium in 1963. Dalmiya was married to Chandralekha Dalmiya (née Ghose), who was born into a land-owning Bengali family of Pathuriaghata belonging to the Kayastha caste. They have a son and a daughter. His son, Avishek, took over from his father both in business and at the BCCI. Dalmiya's daughter, Baishali (born 1969), shortly after her father's death, joined the Trinamool Congress in 2016, and was immediately given the ticket to contest the assembly election from the Bally constituency. Subsequently, she was elected to the state assembly. Career Dalmiya joined the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in 1979 as a representative of Cricket Association of Bengal, and became its treasurer in 1983. Along with civil servant Inderjit Singh Bindra and cricket administrator N. K. P. Salve, Dalmiya proposed the hosting of 1987 World Cup in the Indian subcontinent. The proposal was opposed by the English Test and County Cricket Board, which had hosted all three previous World Cups. However, in 1984, with support votes from associate nations, the proposal passed through International Cricket Council (ICC) with a huge majority. The 1987 Cricket World Cup was the first time the tournament was held outside England, and paved way for rotation system for hosting the tournament. Dalmiya ensured the final was played at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata, renovating its clubhouse in time. Dalmiya proposed the re-admission of South Africa to international cricket in 1991 and organised South Africa's three-match ODI tour of India the same year. Dalmiya's