The Ahmedabad Spinning and Weaving Company Ltd. was the first

textile mill Textile Manufacturing or Textile Engineering is a major industry. It is largely based on the conversion of fibre into yarn, then yarn into fabric. These are then dyed or printed, fabricated into cloth which is then converted into useful goods ...

and garments company established in Ahmedabad and one of the first textile mills of

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. It was opened on 30 May 1861, and started by entrepreneur,

Ranchhodlal Chhotalal Ranchhodlal Chhotalal, Rai Bahadur
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Manufacturing companies based in Ahmedabad 1861 establishments in British India Textile industry in Gujarat Defunct textile companies of India Indian companies established in 1861 {{India-hist-stub