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India’s favorite pickle Nilon's was launched by 2 brothers from their dining table

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Nilon's is known as a leading maker of quality food product. Here's the amazing story of the Indian pickle giant that started small. Despite being a multi-billion-dollar corporation with a footprint across India today, Nilon's had a humble smart. Dipak Sanghavi, the company's managing director and CEO, "In 1962, my father Suresh Sanghavi and uncle Prafful established the business from a home kitchen in Utran village, Jalgaon, Maharashtra." He adds that the family recognised the potential of food processing because of their previous expertise in the industry during World War II. However, the Maharashtra Agricultural Lands (Ceiling on Holdings) Act, 1961, a move implemented by the government to enforce restrictions on land holdings, resulted in the family losing almost 90% of their land. They continued farming with what was left. Suresh obtained fresh product from family-owned orchards in order to create squashes from pineapple, mulberry, ...