The Kirloskar saga began in 1888 when Laxmanrao Kirloskar set up a small bicycle repair shop (now near the Shreekrishna theatre on Kirloskar road) at Belgaum (now Belagavi)and later Laxmanrao and his brothers set up a model industrial colony called ‘Kirloskravadi’ India’s first industrial township. In January 1910 when the Kirloskar were being ousted from […]
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Kirloskarvadi turns 100 today Belgaums bad luck
It was a Wednesday in 1920 when the first branded iron plough came out from the Factory of Kirloskar’s at Kirloskarwadi (Maharashtra) will turn 90. The township of the Kirloskars — as the word literally means — was set up near Kolhapur in 1910 March 10 as Maharashtra’s second and the country’s third such project. […]
Essar’s The mobile Store to open in Belgaum
Essar group’s retail venture, Essar Telecom Retail expects revenue of $1 billion over the next three years by selling handsets and accessories in a joint venture with Richards Branson’s Virgin group, named The mobile Store. The Mobile Store in Belgaum will open shortly next to Sharma Sweets on Kirloskar Road. The national retail chain stores […]