Ghanshyam Das Birla was an Indian businessman and member of the Birla Family.
Birla Corporation Limited is an Indian-based company of the M.P Birla Group, founded by Ghanshyam Das Birla in the late 1910s and carried on by Madhav Prasad Birla.
A cantonment is a military quarters. In Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and other parts of South Asia, a cantonment refers to a permanent military station. In United States military parlance, a cantonment is, essentially, "a permanent residential section of a fort or other military installation," such as Fort Cavazos.
The jute trade is centered mainly around India's West Bengal and Assam, and Bangladesh. The major producing country of jute is India and biggest exporter is Bangladesh, due to their natural fertile soil. Production of jute by India and Bangladesh are respectively 1.968 million ton and 1.349 million metric ton. Bengal jute was exported to South East Asia from the 17th century by the Dutch, French and later by other Europeans.
Naihati is a city and a municipality of North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is situated in the northern part of Kolkata Metropolitan Area under the supervision of Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority. It is an important industrial and commercial hub in Hooghly Industrial Belt.
Champdani is a city and a municipality of Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is under Bhadreswar police station in Chandannagore subdivision. It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA). This town is famous for six factories, viz.the GIS Cotton Mill, Dalhousie Jute Mill, North Brook jute Mill, Angus jute Mill, Champdany Garbage Refinary Ltd, Lagan Engineering, and Braithwate Ltd.
Titagarh is a city and a municipality of North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is close to Kolkata and also a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA).
The economy of West Bengal is a mixed middle-income developing social market economy and the largest Eastern Indian economy with a substantial public sector. It is the India's sixth-largest economy by nominal GDP.
Chandannagore subdivision is an administrative subdivision of the Hooghly district in the state of West Bengal, India.
The textile industry in India, traditionally after agriculture, is the only industry in the country that has generated large-scale employment for both skilled and unskilled labour. The textile industry continues to be the second-largest employment generating sector in India. It offers direct employment to over 35 million people in the country. India is the world's second largest exporter of textiles and clothing, and in the fiscal year 2022, the exports stood at US$ 44.4 billion. According to the Ministry of Textiles, the share of textiles in total exports during April–July 2010 was 11.04%. During 2009–2010, the Indian textile industry was pegged at US$55 billion, 64% of which services domestic demand. In 2010, there were 2,500 textile weaving factories and 4,135 textile finishing factories in all of India. According to AT Kearney’s ‘Retail Apparel Index’, India was ranked as the fourth most promising market for apparel retailers in 2009.
The Sealdah–Ranaghat–Gede line connects the Sealdah Main and North terminus of Kolkata with Ranaghat and Gede of Nadia district of West Bengal, India. Once a part of the old Calcutta–Siliguri main line, today it is a busy suburban section of the Kolkata Suburban Railway's Sealdah North section connecting the North 24 Parganas and Nadia districts with Kolkata. It is under the jurisdiction of the Sealdah railway division of the Eastern Railway zone of the Indian Railways.
National Jute Manufacturers Corporation Ltd.(NJMC) is a central public sector undertaking under the ownership of the Ministry of Textiles, Government of India. It is headquartered in Kolkata, West Bengal. It was incorporated under the Companies Act, 1956 with an objective to takeover six jute mills, the management of which was earlier taken over by the Government of India under the Industries Act, 1951. At present NJMC is engaged in manufacturing of jute goods through its three running units, two units located at North North 24 Paragnas in West Bengal and one unit located at Katihar in Bihar. It has one subsidiary namely Birds Jute and Export Limited.
Maharajadhiraj Sir Kameshwar Singh Goutam Bahadur, K.C.I.E. was the Maharaja of Darbhanga. He held his title over his family estates in the Mithila region from 1929 – 1952, when such titles were abolished following the Independence of India. He had a sister named Lakshmi Daiji.
Srirampore subdivision is an administrative subdivision of the Hooghly district in the state of West Bengal, India.
The Port of Narayanganj is a river port in Narayanganj, Bangladesh. It is one of the oldest and busiest river ports in Bangladesh; and one of the major ports of the Bengal delta. The port is located on the Shitalakshya River. The port area is home to numerous industries.
Lala Kamlapat Singhania was an Indian industrialist, who founded the J. K. Organisation, one of India's largest conglomerate companies. He was born to a Marwari Bania family in Kanpur, then part of the North-Western Provinces in British Raj. He was the founder of several companies which came under the umbrella of JK Organization. The first major business set up by him was a cotton mill with the name of Juggilal Kamlapat Cotton Spinning & Weaving Mills in 1921 which laid the foundation for JK Organisation.
Shobha Ram Kumawat was an Indian Independence activist and Politician from the Indian National Congress political party and was a Member of Parliament of the 1st Lok Sabha and 2nd Lok Sabha representing the Alwar Parliamentary Constituency in the Rajasthan state of India.
Rajaram Jaipuria was an Indian industrialist, educationist, and author. He was MA, Ph D in Economics. He was the founding chairman and managing director of Ginni Group and Seth Anandram Jaipuria Education Society. He was also the ex-Chairman of the Indian Cotton Mills Federation. He managed a number of industries, such as sugar, media, cotton spinning, technical textiles, consumer products, etc.
Indian Chamber of Commerce is a non-governmental trade association and advocacy group having its headquarter situated in Calcutta India. It is one of the oldest trade association in the country and it was founded in year 1925.
