Rewind: Some more pioneers….

Lifebuoy is India’s first bathing soap. It was launched in India in 1895 in Bombay. But the soap shed its carbolic red-brick shape only in 2002.

Parry’s was the first company to manufacture sweets in India. The company started importing sweets from UK in the early 1900s, as was the norm then, before setting up its own manufacturing unit in 1914 in Nellikuppam, Tamil Nadu.

Lakmé, India’s first beauty brand was set up by the Tatas in 1952 at the invitation of Jawaharlal Nehru. The name is derived from Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth.

Indus League was the first company to enter the branded women’s wear segment in the country. In 2000, the company launched a women’s range named ‘Scullers Woman’ as an extension of its popular men’s wear brand ‘Scullers’ which was promoted as ‘smart casuals for work and after,’