Interesting facts!

Interesting facts behind the "name" of India's reputed Brands/Companies.

 1. Dalda

The famous ghee was imported by a Dutch company Dada & company. To reflect its ownership Hindustan Lever added "L" at the centre of Dada.

 2. Dabur

The eccentric etymology of Dabur comes from the founding father SK Burman famous for his Ayurvedic medicines often called in Bengali "Da"ctar "Bur"man.

 3. Ranbaxy

Two colleagues "Ran"jit Singh and Gur"bax" Singh of a Japanese pharmaceutical company founded new venture Ranbaxy in Amritsar.

 4. Tanishq

The name Tanishq was a masterstroke coined by Xerxes Desai, then Vice Chairman & MD of Titan Industries. The name took "Ta" from Tata and "Nishk" means piece of jewelry. 

 5. Amul

Anand Milk Union Limited of Anand district Gujarat started the Amul by picking the first letters of the union in 1946 and became India's first commercially made butter.

 6. TVS

A transportation company was founded in 1911 by Thirukkurungudi Vengaram Sundaram Iyengar, Madras, by picking the first letters of his initials. Now it is a well diversified company in many fields.

 7. Cipla

The founder Dr KA Hamied gave the company title initially as Chemical, Industrial and Pharmaceutical Laboratories in 1935, at Bombay. Now it is a leading drug manufacturer.

 8. Dena Bank

It was founded on 26 May 1938 by the family of Devkaran Nanjee, an Indian financier more popularly known as CD Desai.

 9. Mahindra and Mahindra

Two brothers JC and KC Mahindra, along with Malik Ghulam Mohammed, set up initially "Mahindra and Mohammed" in 1945 as a steel trading firm. When Mohammed emigrated to Pakistan to serve as the country's first finance minister, it was renamed Mahindra and Mahindra Ltd.

10. Wipro

The company was incorporated on 29 Dec 1945 in Amalner, Maharashtra by Mohamed Premji as "Western India Palm Refined Oil". Later in 1966, after Mohamed Premji's death, his son Azim Premji took over Wipro as its chairman at the age of 21 and entered in software development.

Tailpiece.

Got up a trifle after 6, the chores, the Wednesday aarathi of the house and was ready by a half past 9. Got a few more pending things done. Vijayan reported that all the leaves and twigs have been removed from the courtyard of Raj Nivas, post- cutting of the Mahogany and other trees and put around the base of the coconut trees.

Rains had greatly reduced but it was a dull day through and through.

Sree kochachhan - the husband of Suma kunjamma, my youngest ma'asi passed into the mist of time around 1620 hrs at the SUT Hospital. He has been suffering for sometime with cancer of the esophagus. He was 75. His eldest son was beside him when the end came by and the younger son had got off his ship and will reach Tvpm on Monday.