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  2. Cowaszee Nanabhoy Davar - Wikipedia

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    And the mill production with 17000 spindles was initiated just after a month of starting (February 1856). Mr. Edwin Heycock was his close associate in this. Bombay Spinning and weaving company was India's second mill after James London's mill, which was the first in India taken over by Broach Cotton Mills company, started production in October ...

  3. Bombay Spinning and Weaving Company - Wikipedia

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    Bombay Spinning and Weaving Company was the first cotton mill to be established in Bombay, India, on 7 July 1854 at Tardeo [1] by Cowaszee Nanabhoy Davar (1815–73) and his associates. The company was designed by Sir William Fairbaim. This mill began production on 7 February 1856 under the supervision of British engineers and skilled cotton ...

  4. Ahmedabad Spinning and Weaving Company Limited - Wikipedia

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    The Ahmedabad Spinning and Weaving Company Ltd. was the first textile mill and garments company established in Ahmedabad and one of the first textile mills of India. It was opened on 30 May 1861, and started by entrepreneur, Ranchhodlal Chhotalal. [1]

  5. Calico Mills - Wikipedia

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    Calico was the first Indian mill to give shareholders cloth at concessional rates. It was the first Indian textile mill to make cotton sewing thread, and later 100% synthetic sewing thread. [1] Calico main textile unit was the only textile plant in Ahmedabad to be fuelled by natural gas, with virtually no smoke and no air pollution. [1]

  6. Redevelopment of Mumbai mills - Wikipedia

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    The first Indian cotton mill, "The Bombay Spinning Mill", was opened in 1854 in Bombay by Cowasji Nanabhai Davar. Opposition from the Lancashire mill owners was eventually offset by the support of the British manufacturers of textile machinery. The cotton mills of Bombay, and the rest of India, were owned and managed mainly by Indians.

  7. 1890s textile mill to modern apartments: A look inside the ...

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    Textile mill to luxury apartments. Converse Mill was founded in 1896 and is the last remaining mill of the three built and run by Dexter Edgar Converse. By 1973, all of the mills had ceased ...

  8. Dinshaw Maneckji Petit - Wikipedia

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    Sir Dinshaw Maneckji Petit, 1st Baronet (30 June 1823 – 5 May 1901) was an Indian industrialist and philanthropist who founded the first textile mills in India.He was part of the Petit family and became the first Petit baronet.

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