Delhi Cloth & General Mills

Delhi Cloth & General Mills
IndustryBasic materials and technology
GenreConglomerate (multi-industry)
PredecessorsDelhi Cloth & General Mills
Founded1889 at Delhi in India.
FoundersLala Chunnamal, Master Shiv Pershad and Rai Bahadur Ram Kishen Das Gurwale
FateDiversified
SuccessorDCM Textile, Hisar & DCM Shriram
Headquarters
Area served
India-based multinational
Productsautomotive, bioseeds, cement, chemicals,
farms, fertilizers, pvc, sugar, textiles,
windows and door, yarns, etc.
BrandsDCM clothing, DCM Shriram, Fenesta
Websitewww.dcmtextiles.co.in
Footnotes / references
Listed on BSE and NSE

DCM Textiles, formerly known as Delhi Cloth & General Mills, founded in 1889 by Lala Chunnamal, Master Shiv Pershad and Rai Bahadur Ram Kishen Das Gurwale, is an Indian conglomerate which was initially a textile business which opened its first mill in Delhi. Starting from late 1980s and early 1990s, as a result of legal and financial challenges the company was split into several industry segments under the DCM and DCM Shriram Group branding, (not to be confused with Shriram Group), and diversified in to automotive, bioseeds, cement, chemicals, farms, fertilizers, pvc, sugar, textiles, windows and door, yarns, etc. Some of its entities are DCM Textiles Co at Hisar, DCM Sri Ram Mills, Fenesta, etc.