The Apeejay Surrendra Group is an Indian business conglomerate that was founded in 1910 in

Jalandhar Jalandhar is the third most-populous city in the Indian state of Punjab and the largest city in Doaba region. Jalandhar lies alongside the Grand Trunk Road and is a well-connected rail and road junction. Jalandhar is northwest of the state ...

by Lala Pyare Lal. In 1951 the headquarters relocated to

Kolkata Kolkata (, or , ; also known as Calcutta , List of renamed places in India#West Bengal, the official name until 2001) is the Capital city, capital of the Indian States and union territories of India, state of West Bengal, on the eastern ba ...

. Surrendra Paul was chairman from 1982 until his murder in 1989. Most of the current senior executives are members of his family. The companies in the Apeejay Surrendra Group collectively employ 43,000 people. The businesses are tea plantations,

fast-moving consumer goods Fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG), also known as consumer packaged goods (CPG), are products that are sold quickly and at a relatively low cost. Examples include non-durable household goods such as packaged foods, beverages, toiletries, can ...

, tea brands, shipping, boutique hotels, commercial

real estate Real estate is property consisting of land and the buildings on it, along with its natural resources such as crops, minerals or water; immovable property of this nature; an interest vested in this (also) an item of real property, (more genera ...

, warehousing, business centres, retail brands, bookstores, tea rooms, marine cluster, logistics parks and knowledge parks.

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