Bengal National Chamber of Commerce & Industry

Bengal National Chamber of Commerce & Industry, established on 2 February 1887, is one of the oldest association of business organizations based in Kolkata, West Bengal. It was organized originally during the days of the British Raj to promote trade, commerce, and industry by Indian entrepreneurs and its history is closely interwoven with India’s struggle for independence[1]

The founder members, were mostly the elite Bengali zamindars and entrepreneurs and later the Marwari, Gujarati entrepreneurs from Bengal also joined the association.[2] The first president in 1887 was Rai Buddree Das Mukkim Bahadur. The other notable members and presidents were, Raja Sew Bux Bagla, Maharaja Manindra Chandra Nandy of Cossimbazar Raj family, Nalini Ranjan Sarkar, Amritlal Ojha.[3][4]

BNCCI organises Industrial India Trade Fair at Kolkata in association with India Trade Promotion Organisation.[5]

References
  1. "Bengal National Chamber of Commerce & Industry". Archived from the original on 13 April 2016. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
  2. Ritu Birla (24 December 2008). Stages of Capital: Law, Culture, and Market Governance in Late Colonial India. Duke University Press. p. 193. ISBN 0-8223-9247-X.
  3. Bengal National Chamber of Commerce & Industry (1981). Report of the Committee for the Year ... with Statement of Accounts and Balance Sheet. The Chamber. pp. 129–35.
  4. "BNCCI - past presidents". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
  5. "ITF". Archived from the original on 19 October 2019. Retrieved 1 March 2016.


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