[8] The company's founding occurred when the six Wallace Brothers, originally members of a Scottish merchant house in Edinburgh, first arrived in Bombay (now Mumbai) in the 1840s.

By the 1870s the company was a leading producer of teak in Burma and Siam, as well as having interests in cotton, oil exploration and shipping.

The Burmese state's conflict with the BBTC furnished British leaders with a pretext for conquest.

This firm was able to affect the intelligence about Burma and, more critically, about the growing French influence in the country.

[13] Orange County Resorts acquired eight coffee estates from Bombay Burmah for Rs 291 crore.