List of oldest companies in India

This list of oldest companies in India includes brands and companies, excluding associations and educational, governmental, or religious organisations. To be listed, a brand or company name must remain, either in whole or in part, since inception and should have been established before 1947. If the original name has since changed due to acquisitions or renaming, this must be verifiable.

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Name	Year Established
Wadia Group	1736
Parrys^[1]	1788
State Bank of India^[2]	1806
RPG Group	1820
P. N. Gadgil Jewellers^[3]	1832
Aditya Birla Group	1857
Bombay Burmah Trading Corporation	1863
Shapoorji Pallonji Group	1865
Allahabad Bank	1865
Nestlé India	1866
Tata Group	1868
Dabur India Ltd.	1884
Kirloskar Group	1888
Delhi Cloth & General Mills	1889
Britannia Industries	1892
Punjab National Bank	1895
Bayer	1896
Century Textile and Industries	1897
Godrej and Boyce	1897
CESC Limited	1899
Keshav Bhikaji Dhawale	1900
Bengal Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals	1901
Shalimar Paints	1902
The Indian Hotels Company	1903
City Union Bank	1904
Phoenix Mill	1905
Hamdard India	1906
National Insurance Company	1906
Canara Bank	1906
Bank of India	1906
Alembic Pharmaceuticals Ltd	1907
Tata Steel	1907
Bank of Baroda	1908
Swan Racing	1909
Apeejay Surrendra Group	1910
Lakshmi Mills	1910
ITC	1910
TVS Group	1911
Central Bank of India	1911
The Bangalore Press	1916
Birla Corporation	1919
CSB Bank Limited	1920
Kansai Nerolac Paints	1920
Ingersoll Rand India	1921
Berger Paints	1923
SmithKine pharmaceuticals	1924
Balmer Lawrie and Co.	1924
Karnataka Bank	1924
Raymond Ltd	1925
Syndicate Bank	1925
Bajaj group	1926
Hindustan Construction Company	1926
Lakshmi Vilas Bank	1926
Dhanlaxmi Bank	1927
Boroline	1929
VST Industries	1930
Arvind (company)	1931
Bata Shoes	1931
Bajaj Hindusthan	1931
Travancore Federal Bank	1931
Vijaya Bank	1931
Dalda	1931
Punchiri Boat Services Private Ltd	1932
ISGEC	1933
Brihan Maharashtra Sugar Syndicate^[4]	1934
Eveready Industries India	1934
Cipla	1935
Godfrey Phillips India	1936
Haldiram's	1937
Colgate-Palmolive India	1937
Crompton Parkinson	1937
Tata Investment Corp	1937
Indian Overseas Bank	1937
Larsen & Toubro Limited	1938
Bajaj Electricals	1938
J. K. Organisation	1938
Dena Bank	1938
Jammu & Kashmir Bank	1938
Tata Chemicals	1939
Bijeram Dedraj Oil Mills Pvt ltd	1940
Fairdeal corp ltd	1940
Haldiram's	1941
State Bank of Hyderabad	1941
Blue Star Limited	1943
BASF India	1943
Tata Coffee	1943
Oriental Bank of Commerce	1943
United Commercial Bank	1943
RBL Bank	1943
Escorts Group	1944
Bajaj Finance	1944
Asian Paints Ltd	1945
Mahindra & Mahindra	1945
Tata Motors	1945
Western India Vegetable Products Limited(Wipro)	1945
Selvel publicity and consultancy	1945

References[edit]

↑ https://www.eidparry.com/about-us/
↑ https://www.britannica.com/topic/State-Bank-of-India
↑ Joshi, P. K. (1989). Gadgil Kulavruttanta [The Gadgil Family Genealogy Almanac] (in मराठी). Pune. p. 93.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
↑ "Shri Chandrashekhar Govind Agashe". Annals of the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute. Vol. 36. Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute. 1955. p. 382 – via JSTOR.

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[1] ttps://www.eidparry.com/about-us/

[2] ttps://www.britannica.com/topic/State-Bank-of-India

[3] Joshi, P. K. (1989). Gadgil Kulavruttanta [The Gadgil Family Genealogy Almanac] (in मराठी). Pune. p. 93.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

[4] "Shri Chandrashekhar Govind Agashe". Annals of the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute. Vol. 36. Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute. 1955. p. 382 – via JSTOR.

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