[C] Godrej & Boyce
In 1948, the Godrej group moved from its Lalbaug premises in Bombay to suburban Vikhroli, where the first of its factory lines was set up not to make locks or safes but ballot boxes for independent India’s first general elections in 1952. The government had placed an order for 12 lakh ballot boxes for use in 23 States. “Godrej produced 15,000 boxes per day to meet the requirement,”.
