2021

• ABFRL announces strategic partnership with Authentic Brands Group for Reebok in India.
• ABFRL acquires 51% stake in Sabyasachi Couture.
• ABFRL announces strategic partnership with Tarun Tahiliani to enter men’s premium ethnic wear.

2021

2020

• Walmart-owned Flipkart invests Rs.1500 Cr in ABFRL for a minority 7.8% stake in the company.
• Grasim Industries enters into a definitive agreement with Berkshire Hathaway owned Lubrizol Advanced Materials to set up the world’s largest chlorinated polyvinyl chloride (CPVC) resin plant in India.

2020

2019

• Grasim Industries acquires Soktas India Pvt. Ltd.
• ABFRL acquires majority stake in Shantanu & Nikhil.
• ABRFL acquires 100% equity in Jaypore.

2019

2015

• Aditya Birla Fashion & Retail Ltd. is born as a separate entity.
• Birla Cellulose launches ingredient brand LIVA.
• Grasim Industries Ltd. board approves the proposed merger of Aditya Birla Chemicals (India) Ltd., an Aditya Birla Group company, with Grasim.

2015

2012

Aditya Birla Nuvo acquires Future Group's Pantaloon Retail Ltd. in India.

2012

2005

Indian Rayon is rechristened Aditya Birla Nuvo.

2005

2004

Indian Rayon completes its brownfield expansion of 40,000 tpa at Hi-Tech Carbon, Gummidipundi, taking its total capacity to 1,60,000 tpa.

2004

2003

Indian Rayon acquires TransWorks, a leading Indian ITES/BPO company in India.

2003

2002

Grasim Industries divests its Gwalior unit to Melodeon Exports Ltd. and consolidates its textile operations at a single location in Bhiwani, MP, to manufacture both 'Grasim' and 'Graviera' brands.

2002

2001

• Indian Rayon acquires a stake in PSI Data Systems.
• Aditya Birla Group acquires Madura Garments.
• Grasim acquires 2.5 crore shares (just over 10% of equity) in Larsen & Toubro from Reliance Industries Ltd.

2001

2000

• The Group consolidates its textiles and apparels business.
• The Group forays into e-business.

2000

1997

Peter England is launched in India and it goes to become the largest selling brand in the country.

1997

1993

With the launch of Allen Solly, Indians are introduced to a new category of clothes ­–smart casuals.

1993

1990

• Van Heusen is launched in India to revolutionise workwear. The brand gives a new meaning to the term ‘Power Dressing’.
• Mr. Kumar Mangalam Birla gets actively involved in the Group's operations.

1990

1989

Louis Philippe is launched in India to become the maker of finest menswear in the country.

1989

1988

Madura Garments Ltd. is established.

1988

1978

Mr. Aditya Vikram Birla becomes Chairman of Grasim Industries.

1978

1977

Harihar Polyfibres is established in Harihar, Karnataka.

1977

1973

P.T. Elegant Yarn is established to manufacture spun yarn in Indonesia.

1973

1969

Mr. Aditya Vikram Birla sets up Indo Thai Synthetics Company Ltd., the Group's first overseas company.

1969

1968

Grasim Industries sets up 15,000 tpa VSF unit in Mavoor, Kerala.

1968

1966

Indian Rayon Corporation Ltd. Is acquired.

1966

1965

Mr. Aditya Vikram Birla establishes Eastern Spinning Mills and Industries Ltd.

1965

1964

Grasim Industries acquires Bhiwani Textile Mill in Bhiwani, Haryana.

1964

1963

A composite textile mill is set up in Bhiwani, Haryana.

1963

1957

Grasim Industries is listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange, Bombay (now Mumbai).

1957

1954

Grasim Industries sets up its 2nd manufacturing plant in Nagda, Madhya Pradesh.

1954

1947

Grasim Industries Ltd. is incorporated on 25 August 1947 to manufacture cotton and man-made textile fibres in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh.

1947

1931

Mr. GD Birla represents India at the 1st and 2nd Round Table conference in London, Great Britain.

1931

1924

Mr. GD Birla acquires Kesoram Cotton Mills in Calcutta, Bengal.

1924

1921

Jiyajeerao Cotton Mills is established in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh.

1921

1920

Birla Cotton Spinning and Weaving Mill Ltd. is founded in Delhi.

1920

1919

• Mr. Birla sets up the Birla Brothers Ltd., a managing agency.
• Mr. GD Birla, grandson of Mr. Shiv Narayan Birla, sets up the first Birla jute mill, marking the Group’s entry into the manufacturing sector, in Calcutta (now Kolkata), Bengal.

1919

1857

Mr. Shiv Narayan Birla starts trading cotton in Pilani, Rajasthan.

1857