Dalmia Group

Subsequently, Shanti Prasad and the Dalmia brothers worked together to expand the business, resulting in the formation of the Dalmia-Jain Group.

It also ventured into other businesses; its subsidiaries included Bharat Bank, Bharat Fire and General Insurance, Lahore Electric, Govan group of companies, two cotton mills, a dairy, and three Andrew Yule jute mills.

[2] In 1946, Ramkrishna Dalmia bought out Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd., the publisher of The Times of India; which was later sold to the Jains after a split in the Dalmia-Jain Group.

[2] Vivian Bose remarked that the Dalmia-Jain Group's affairs "were so interlocked and complex because of black money and secret, undisclosed assets and undetermined income tax liabilities, that this (dissolution or partition) was not found to be easy".

In 1999, Ajay Hari Dalmia separated from Orissa Cement, and started his own line of businesses under the name Renaissance Group.

[5] In 1956, the Government of India set up a Commission of Inquiry to investigate alleged malpractices of the Dalmia-Jain Group of companies.

[6] The Dalmia Bharat Group is engaged in cement, sugar, refractories, renewable energy and other businesses.

The Dalmia Bharat Group was officially incorporated on 10 February 2006 as Sri Kesava Mines & Minerals Limited, with its office in Dalmiapuram, Tamil Nadu.

Originally named Orissa Cement Limited, the company was incorporated on 11 October 1949, and the plant started operating in 1952.

On 15 January 1996, the company changed its name to OCL India to reflect its non-cement ventures, including steel and iron.

The original company manufactured dairy products, including powdered milk and ghee, under the Sapan brand.

Dalmia Industries also set up a plant at Bharatpur (Rajasthan) for manufacturing powdered milk and ghee.