Natchez, Mississippi the United States acquired this area from the British after the American Revolutionary War, the city served as the capital of the American Mississippi Territory and then of the state of Mississippi. It predates Jackson by more than a century; the latter replaced Natchez as the capital in 1822, as it was more centrally located in the developing state. The strategic location of Natchez, on a bluff overlooking the Mississippi River, ensured that it would be a pivotal center of trade, commerce, and the interchange of ethnic Native American, European, and African cultures in the region; it held this position
S. V. S. Raghavan S. V. S. Raghavan S. V. S. Raghavan is an Indian industrialist and the former head of Bharat Business International Limited (BBIL). He headed the Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited in the 1980s after which served Ashok Leyland and Texmaco before taking up the chairmanship of Minerals and Metals Trading Corporation (MMTC). In March 1990, he was appointed as the chairman of BBIL, an apex organization which had MMTC and State Trading Corporation of India (STC) as its subsidiaries. Recipient of National Citizen Award by the President of India-1989, Retired in the rank of Secretary in Ministry of Commerce,Govt.of India, Chairman