Bengal Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals

Bengal Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Limited (BCPL), established in 1901, is a Public Sector Undertaking (PSU) of the Government of India and is India's first pharmaceutical company. The company was started by Prafulla Chandra Roy in Kolkota (then known as Calcutta) and has since manufactured such household Indian products as "Hospitol", "Napthalene balls", and "Pheneol". The company is headquartered in Kolkota and reported aggregated revenues of INRConvert|6199|l in fiscal 2006. [http://dpe.nic.in/survey0506/vol3/216.pdf Financial statement] . Department of Public Enterprise. Government of India. June 2006] [http://www.bengalchemicals.com/bcpl_inc.php?pg=bcpl_profile.php&q=p Company Profile] . Bengal Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Limited.]

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