Chitale, was an ordinary milk businessman located in a small village of Limbgaon situated in the Satara district of Maharashtra.
Due to an unexpected turn of events, his cattle fell prey to an unknown disease resulting in their death.
He then moved to Pune and along with his brother Narsinha started vending milk supplied to him from Bhilawadi in Palus, Maharashtra.
The business became a success in the city and in the year 1950 he bought a 500 square feet shop where he set up a new enterprise, Chitale Bandhu Mithaiwale.
Due to the growth of demand, the enterprise installed machines to maintain the original shape and size of the bakarwadi.
Introduction of bakarwadi in Chitale Bandhu's shop increased the sales of the enterprise to a great extent.
Some of the common and widely sold Namkeen include: bakarwadi, chivda, farsan, gathi, papri chat, sev, and shankarpali.
But without Bhausaheb Chitale and the rapid growth of India’s packaged food industry, bakarwadi may not have been as popular among Indians both in the country and abroad.
Many sources, such as NDTV foods, believe that although the enterprise was performing well in the sweets sector, after the introduction of bakarwadi in the menu, its sales increased rapidly.
[7] Indraneel Chitale, the owner of the enterprise in 2017, countered all the claims by stating that the workers were left idle because the production itself was low due to the preceding strike.