The famous Maheshwari business family “Bangur” hails from Didwana a town near Nagaur district of Rajasthan in India. The Bangurs are a large Kolkata based industrial house founded by stock broker Mugni Ram Bangur along with brother Ram Coowar Bangur.
In the 1950s and 1960s, they were among the top 10 business houses in India, with sprawling interests in jute mills, tea gardens, textiles, cement, paper, cables, graphite , Finance and real estate etc.
Glimpse of Industries of Bangur family before partition i.e 1992 (during this period, the Bangurs operated as a joint family):
Graphite India, Graphite Vicarb, Carbon Corporation Carbo Ceramics, Shree Digvijay Cements (cement & jute), Shree Synthetics, Fort Willam W Rope, Shriram Silk (A division of Shree Digvijay Cement), Maharaja Shree Umaid Mills, Peria Karamalai Tea, Digvijay Investments and other unlisted entities.Andhra Pradesh Paper Mills, West Coast Paper, Fort Gloster Industries (Cable division),Jayshree Chemicals Ltd, Kil Kotagiri Tea & Coffee Estate, Thirumbadi Rubber, Shree Cement, Phosphate Company, Gloster Jute, Joonaktollee Tea, Kalasa Tea, Cowcoody Estates and NBI Ind Finance, Bowreah cotton, Dunbar Cotton Mill, Periar Tea ,Dunbar Mills , Rilaxon , Ahmedabad Cement, Ahmedabad Asbestos, Bank of Rajasthan; BFL Software,Uxhur and several Charitable Trusts etc.
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