This is the story of a rising capitalist group in post-independence India. Until the arrival of Ambani, India's big business scene was dominated by a few industrial house from British times. In just 26 years since its foundation, Ambani's Reliance group has risen to rival these house. By 1995 the group had 2.6 million investors, one in every eight of Indian sharemarket investors, so many that it had to hold its annual general meetings in football stadiums