HIL Limited, formerly known as Hyderabad Industries Limited, is an Indian company with business interests in

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, industrial supplies and components;

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It is a group company of

CK Birla Group CK Birla Group, is an Indian multinational conglomerate named after Chandra Kant Birla, headquartered in the Birla Tower in Barakhamba road, New Delhi, India. Earlier the group was led by industrialists - BM Birla and GD Birla (Padma Vibhu ...

. It has two brands - Charminar and Birla Aerocon.

History

It was established in the Princely state of

Hyderabad Hyderabad ( ; , ) is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana and the ''de jure'' capital of Andhra Pradesh. It occupies on the Deccan Plateau along the banks of the Musi River (India), Musi River, in the northern part ...

on 17 June 1946 as ''Hyderabad Asbestos''. It was primarily into cement sheets. But was renamed as Hyderabad Industries later.

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{{reflist CK Birla Group Hyderabad State 1946 establishments in India Companies listed on the National Stock Exchange of India Companies listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange